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"text": "We need you to buy us some time, so distract the security guard for a few minutes."
},
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"ref": "2020 September 25, Reuters Staff, “Thai republican hashtag trends after constitution change delayed”, in Reuters, Reuters, retrieved 2020-09-25",
"text": "Parliament, dominated by supporters of the government, voted on Thursday to delay making a decision on whether it will amend the constitution. The decision angered protesters and opposition parliamentarians, who accused parliament of trying to buy time.",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhēngqǔ shíjiān",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "争取时间"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "tijd winnen"
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"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
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"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "gagner du temps"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "Zeit gewinnen"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "húzza az időt"
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"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "guadagnare tempo"
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"roman": "toki wo kasegu",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "時を稼ぐ"
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"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
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"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "ganhar tempo"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "cumpăra timp"
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"english": "to win some time",
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"roman": "výigratʹ vrémja",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"tags": [
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"word": "вы́играть вре́мя"
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"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "ganar tiempo"
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"roman": "sʉ́ʉ-wee-laa",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "ซื้อเวลา"
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"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
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"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
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"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "争取时间"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "tijd winnen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "pelata aikaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "viivytellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "gagner du temps"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "Zeit gewinnen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "húzza az időt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "guadagnare tempo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toki wo kasegu",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "時を稼ぐ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "grać na zwłokę"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "ganhar tempo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "cumpăra timp"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "to win some time",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výigratʹ vrémja",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́играть вре́мя"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "ganar tiempo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sʉ́ʉ-wee-laa",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "ซื้อเวลา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "vakit kazanmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "zaman kazanmak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else",
"word": "câu giờ"
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"word": "buy time"
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