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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "can't wait",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "couldn't wait",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "can't<can't,-,couldn't,-> wait"
},
"expansion": "can't wait (third-person singular simple present can't wait, no present participle, simple past couldn't wait, no past participle)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"word": "can wait"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't wait for that party on Friday."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event."
],
"id": "en-can't_wait-en-verb-Qd4xxawY",
"links": [
[
"hard",
"hard"
],
[
"forthcoming",
"forthcoming"
],
[
"pleasurable",
"pleasurable"
],
[
"event",
"event"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"no-past-participle",
"no-present-participle"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lā astaṭīʕ al-intiẓār",
"word": "لَا اَسْتَطِيع اَلاِنْتِظَار"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"word": "těšit se"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"word": "ei malttaa odottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"word": "avoir hâte"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "kaum erwarten können"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "alig vár"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "non vedere l'ora"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tanoshim ni suru",
"word": "楽しみにする"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"word": "não ver a hora"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ru",
"english": "1st person examples",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ždu ne doždúsʹ",
"word": "жду не дожду́сь"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ždu s neterpénijem",
"word": "жду с нетерпе́нием"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"word": "no ver la hora"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"word": "iple çekmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"word": "dört gözle beklemek"
}
]
},
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"_dis": "34 66",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "36 64",
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"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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{
"_dis": "27 73",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English negative polarity items",
"parents": [
"Negative polarity items",
"Terms by semantic function"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "35 65",
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm afraid this can't wait; it has to be done by Thursday."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To need to be attended to right away."
],
"id": "en-can't_wait-en-verb-UROl5x5z",
"tags": [
"no-past-participle",
"no-present-participle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-can't wait.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/51/En-au-can%27t_wait.ogg/En-au-can%27t_wait.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/En-au-can%27t_wait.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "can't wait"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English negative polarity items",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"English verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "can wait"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "can't wait",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "couldn't wait",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "can't<can't,-,couldn't,-> wait"
},
"expansion": "can't wait (third-person singular simple present can't wait, no present participle, simple past couldn't wait, no past participle)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English idioms"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't wait for that party on Friday."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event."
],
"links": [
[
"hard",
"hard"
],
[
"forthcoming",
"forthcoming"
],
[
"pleasurable",
"pleasurable"
],
[
"event",
"event"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"no-past-participle",
"no-present-participle"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm afraid this can't wait; it has to be done by Thursday."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To need to be attended to right away."
],
"tags": [
"no-past-participle",
"no-present-participle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-can't wait.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/51/En-au-can%27t_wait.ogg/En-au-can%27t_wait.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/En-au-can%27t_wait.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lā astaṭīʕ al-intiẓār",
"word": "لَا اَسْتَطِيع اَلاِنْتِظَار"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"word": "těšit se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"word": "ei malttaa odottaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"word": "avoir hâte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "kaum erwarten können"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "alig vár"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "non vedere l'ora"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tanoshim ni suru",
"word": "楽しみにする"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"word": "não ver a hora"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "1st person examples",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ždu ne doždúsʹ",
"word": "жду не дожду́сь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ždu s neterpénijem",
"word": "жду с нетерпе́нием"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"word": "no ver la hora"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"word": "iple çekmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"word": "dört gözle beklemek"
}
],
"word": "can't wait"
}
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"called_from": "page/2517",
"msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to eagerly anticipate', 2: 'look forward to'}",
"path": [
"can't wait",
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "can't wait",
"trace": ""
}
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