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"forms": [
{
"form": "drops someone a line",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dropping someone a line",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dropped someone a line",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "dropped someone a line",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w"
},
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"name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "If you get a chance, drop me a line when you arrive in Cairo."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Write and send (someone) a note or telegram."
],
"id": "en-drop_someone_a_line-en-verb-dNlBi6Dl",
"links": [
[
"telegram",
"telegram"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) Write and send (someone) a note or telegram."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "buzz"
},
{
"word": "call"
},
{
"word": "ring up"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "write and send someone a note or telegram",
"word": "ottaa yhteyttä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "write and send someone a note or telegram",
"word": "ilmoittaa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "write and send someone a note or telegram",
"word": "cúpla líne a chur chuig duine"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "write and send someone a note or telegram",
"word": "cúpla líne a scríobh chuig duine"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeollakhada",
"sense": "write and send someone a note or telegram",
"word": "연락하다"
}
]
}
],
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/En-au-drop_someone_a_line.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "drop someone a line"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "drops someone a line",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dropping someone a line",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dropped someone a line",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "dropped someone a line",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with audio links",
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "If you get a chance, drop me a line when you arrive in Cairo."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Write and send (someone) a note or telegram."
],
"links": [
[
"telegram",
"telegram"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) Write and send (someone) a note or telegram."
],
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"idiomatic"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "buzz"
},
{
"word": "call"
},
{
"word": "ring up"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "write and send someone a note or telegram",
"word": "ottaa yhteyttä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "write and send someone a note or telegram",
"word": "ilmoittaa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "write and send someone a note or telegram",
"word": "cúpla líne a chur chuig duine"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "write and send someone a note or telegram",
"word": "cúpla líne a scríobh chuig duine"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeollakhada",
"sense": "write and send someone a note or telegram",
"word": "연락하다"
}
],
"word": "drop someone a line"
}
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