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"text": "The mad certitude of the ogre, Abel Tiffauges, that he stands at the crux of history and that he will be able to raise Prussia \"to a higher power\" (p. 180), contrasts sharply with the anxiety and doubt attendant upon most modern literary dreams.",
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"ref": "2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker:",
"text": "The movie hits its dramatic crux an hour in, when Reality [Winner], at work at the contractor’s facility in Georgia, discovers what she deems a tragic scandal.",
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"ref": "1775, Thomas Sheridan, Lectures on the Art of Reading:",
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},
{
"ref": "1860, Marian Evans (translator), The Life of Jesus, Critically Examined (originally by David Strauss)",
"text": "The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists.",
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}
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"ref": "1907, The Alpine Journal, volume 23:",
"text": "the real crux of the climb was encountered",
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},
{
"ref": "1973, Pat Armstrong, \"Klondike Fever: Seventy Years Too Late\", in Backpacker, Autumn 1973, page 84",
"text": "The final half-mile was the crux of the climb."
},
{
"ref": "2004, Craig Luebben, Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills, The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 179:",
"text": "Most pitches have a distinct crux, or tough spot; some have multiple cruxes. […] ¶ Climb efficiently on the \"cruiser\" sections to stay fresh for the cruxes.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009, R. J. Secor, The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails, Third Edition, The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 51:",
"text": "Continue climbing the groove; the crux is passing some vegetation on the second pitch.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"US"
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "marbiṭ al-faras",
"sense": "central or essential point",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "مَرْبِط الْفَرَس"
},
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"roman": "aṙancʻkʻayin ket",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"word": "առանցքային կետ"
},
{
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"sense": "central or essential point",
"word": "առանցք"
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"roman": "sǎštnost na problema",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"word": "същност на проблема"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"word": "關鍵"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guānjiàn",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"word": "关键"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "podstata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"word": "ydin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kern (-punkt)"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ikar",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עיקר"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punto cruciale"
},
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kāryaṁ",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"word": "കാര്യം"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"word": "tino"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sedno"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ponto crucial"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "punct crucial"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osnovnaja problema",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "основная проблема"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rešajuščij vopros",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "решающий вопрос"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sutʹ",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "суть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punto crucial"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punto esencial"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"word": "kärna"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "central or essential point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "craidd"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šrǰadarjayin ket",
"sense": "critical or transitional moment",
"word": "շրջադարձային կետ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kritičen moment",
"sense": "critical or transitional moment",
"word": "критичен момент"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "critical or transitional moment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kruispunt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "critical or transitional moment",
"word": "käännekohta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "critical or transitional moment",
"word": "taitekohta"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "critical or transitional moment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wendepunkt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "critical or transitional moment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "momento decisivo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "critical or transitional moment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "moment decisiv"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zatrudnenie",
"sense": "puzzle or difficulty",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "затруднение"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "puzzle or difficulty",
"word": "hankaluus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "puzzle or difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Crux"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "puzzle or difficulty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Knackpunkt"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "puzzle or difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zagadka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "puzzle or difficulty",
"word": "busilis"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "puzzle or difficulty",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "krux"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hardest part of a climb",
"word": "vaikein kohta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hardest part of a climb",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "crux"
}
],
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}
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