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"(idiomatic) To succeed in some task; to achieve benefit from a task or project."
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"roman": "'bras bu skye",
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"word": "འབྲས་བུ་སྐྱེ"
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"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "見效"
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"sense": "succeed in some task",
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"word": "結實"
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"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "结实"
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"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "zijn vruchten afwerpen"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "tuottaa tulosta"
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"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "porter ses fruits"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "Früchte tragen"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "fruchten"
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"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "Früchte abwerfen"
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"roman": "apodído karpoús",
"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "αποδίδω καρπούς"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinosítʹ plodý",
"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "приноси́ть плоды́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "dar sus frutas"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "'bras bu skye",
"sense": "succeed in some task",
"word": "འབྲས་བུ་སྐྱེ"
}
],
"word": "bear fruit"
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