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"form": "breaks one's promise",
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},
{
"form": "breaking one's promise",
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"participle",
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]
},
{
"form": "broke one's promise",
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"past"
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},
{
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"past"
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"word": "keep one's promise"
},
{
"word": "stay true to one's word"
},
{
"word": "be as good as one's word"
},
{
"word": "deliver the goods"
}
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"glosses": [
"To break an assurance, bond or commitment one has made."
],
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"links": [
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"assurance",
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "go back on one's word"
},
{
"word": "break one's word"
},
{
"word": "renege on one's promise"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xostum xaxtel",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "խոստում խախտել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xostum držel",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "խոստում դրժել"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "rikkoa lupauksensa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "ne pas tenir sa promesse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "sein Versprechen brechen / nicht halten"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "łamać obietnicę"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "złamać obietnicę"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "încălca o promisiune"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "narúšitʹ obeščánije",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "нару́шить обеща́ние"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "sözünü bozmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "sözünden dönmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "sözünü tutmamak"
}
]
}
],
"word": "break one's promise"
}
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"singular",
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},
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"form": "breaking one's promise",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "broke one's promise",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
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"participle",
"past"
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"antonyms": [
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"word": "keep one's promise"
},
{
"word": "stay true to one's word"
},
{
"word": "be as good as one's word"
},
{
"word": "deliver the goods"
}
],
"categories": [
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To break an assurance, bond or commitment one has made."
],
"links": [
[
"assurance",
"assurance"
]
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "go back on one's word"
},
{
"word": "break one's word"
},
{
"word": "renege on one's promise"
}
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xostum xaxtel",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "խոստում խախտել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xostum držel",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "խոստում դրժել"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "rikkoa lupauksensa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "ne pas tenir sa promesse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "sein Versprechen brechen / nicht halten"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "łamać obietnicę"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "złamać obietnicę"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "încălca o promisiune"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "narúšitʹ obeščánije",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "нару́шить обеща́ние"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "sözünü bozmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "sözünden dönmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to break one's word",
"word": "sözünü tutmamak"
}
],
"word": "break one's promise"
}
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