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"To allow to be apprehended in its full scope."
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"(idiomatic) To allow to be apprehended in its full scope."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "tehdä oikeutta"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "rendre justice"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "gerecht werden"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "méltányosan jár el"
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"word": "igazságot szolgáltat"
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"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "eleget tesz"
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"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "rendere giustizia"
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"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
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"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "cjelovito sagledati"
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"ref": "1935, Russell Thorndike, The Scarecrow Rides",
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"To enjoy to the full."
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"(idiomatic) To enjoy to the full."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "tehdä oikeutta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "rendre justice"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "gerecht werden"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "méltányosan jár el"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "igazságot szolgáltat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "eleget tesz"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "rendere giustizia"
},
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"roman": "otdatʹ dolžnoje",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"tags": [
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"word": "отдать должное"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "cjelovito sagledati"
},
{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "allow to be apprehended in its full scope",
"word": "hacer justicia"
},
{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "enjoy to the full",
"word": "nauttia täysin siemauksin"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "enjoy to the full",
"word": "faire honneur"
},
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "enjoy to the full",
"word": "jó étvággyal elfogyaszt"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otdatʹ dolžnoje",
"sense": "enjoy to the full",
"tags": [
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"word": "отдать должное"
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"word": "do justice"
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