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"ref": "1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill, The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 278",
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"ref": "1961 May, “Talking of Trains: Stourton and Stafford approved”, in Trains Illustrated, page 260",
"text": "The London Midland Region has announced receipt of authority from the Ministry of Transport to resume the reconstruction of Stafford station and layout, interrupted at the Minister's behest; contracts have now been placed for the erection of the new station buildings and the yardmaster's office.",
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"ref": "2007, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day",
"text": "And young Mr. Fleetwood Vibe was here at the behest of his father, Wall Street eminence Scarsdale Vibe, who was effectively bankrolling the Expedition.",
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"ref": "2009 October 15, “What a waste”, in The Economist",
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"ref": "2011 March 24, Owen Gibson, The Guardian",
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"text": "c. 1440, Markaryte Paston, letter to John Paston\nThe time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made."
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"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 302",
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"ref": "1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill, The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 278",
"text": "Paul did not dare pronounce, let matters rest, / His master having given him no behest.",
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"ref": "1961 May, “Talking of Trains: Stourton and Stafford approved”, in Trains Illustrated, page 260",
"text": "The London Midland Region has announced receipt of authority from the Ministry of Transport to resume the reconstruction of Stafford station and layout, interrupted at the Minister's behest; contracts have now been placed for the erection of the new station buildings and the yardmaster's office.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day",
"text": "And young Mr. Fleetwood Vibe was here at the behest of his father, Wall Street eminence Scarsdale Vibe, who was effectively bankrolling the Expedition.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009 October 15, “What a waste”, in The Economist",
"text": "the House of Representatives will try to water down even this feeble effort at the behest of the unions whose members enjoy some of the most lavish policies.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011 March 24, Owen Gibson, The Guardian",
"text": "The Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, is to meet with the BBC director general, Mark Thompson, at the behest of the Premier League in a bid to resolve their long-running feud.",
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}
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{
"text": "c. 1440, Markaryte Paston, letter to John Paston\nThe time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made."
}
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"tags": [
"General-American"
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"ipa": "/biˈhɛst/",
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"ipa": "/bɪˈhest/",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nareždane",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "нареждане"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zapoved",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "заповед"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "bevel"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "opdracht"
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{
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"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "käsky"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "määräys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Geheiß"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Befehl"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kéleusma",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κέλευσμα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "utasítás"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "comando"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ordine"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ökım",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "өкім"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qauly",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "қаулы"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jarlyq",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "жарлық"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "arahan"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "heste"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comando"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ordem"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kománda",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кома́нда"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "command, bidding",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "direktíva",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "директи́ва"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukazánije",
"sense": "command, bidding",
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "zapovjed"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "naredba"
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"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "komanda"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "direktiva"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "command, bidding",
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],
"word": "ukaz"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "solicitud"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "command, bidding",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "orden"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "order"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "command, bidding",
"word": "befallning"
}
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