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"text": "It finally dawned on him that he could automate the process instead of doing it by hand each time.",
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{
"ref": "1943 September and October, Chas. S. Lake, “Some Continental Travel Experiences (1922-1934)—IV”, in Railway Magazine, page 287",
"text": "\"Sir,\" he remarked, \"you have been robbed,\" and then it suddenly dawned on me that it must have taken place as I was passing the men congregated in the corridor.",
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{
"ref": "2013 September 13, Russell Brand, The Guardian",
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"To occur to somebody; to be realized by."
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"(idiomatic, of an idea) To occur to somebody; to be realized by."
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"word": "dawn upon"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"word": "valjeta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"word": "se dar conta"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ozarjátʹ",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "озаря́ть"
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"sense": "to occur to somebody",
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"perfective"
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"word": "озари́ть"
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"sense": "to occur to somebody",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"word": "darse cuenta"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"word": "gå upp för"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"word": "valjeta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"word": "paljastua"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"word": "se dar conta"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ozarjátʹ",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "озаря́ть"
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"sense": "to occur to somebody",
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"word": "озари́ть"
},
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"roman": "osenjátʹ",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"word": "осеня́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osenítʹ",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "осени́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"word": "darse cuenta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur to somebody",
"word": "gå upp för"
}
],
"word": "dawn on"
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