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{
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},
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"(idiomatic, intransitive) To be late (for a regular event)"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "taʔaḵḵara",
"sense": "to be late",
"word": "تَأَخَّرَ"
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "gecikmək"
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "遲到"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to be late",
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"_dis1": "3 90 2 5",
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"sense": "to be late",
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"sense": "to be late",
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"sense": "to be late",
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"sense": "to be late",
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"sense": "to be late",
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "dereng bûn"
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"sense": "to be late",
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"_dis1": "3 90 2 5",
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"_dis1": "3 90 2 5",
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"sense": "to be late",
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"sense": "to be late",
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"(intransitive) To be progressively below average in performance."
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"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "geridə qalmaq"
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"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "落後"
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"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "paşve man"
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"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "hamna på efterkälken"
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"sense": "to be below average in performance",
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"to fail to keep up (with)"
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"(transitive and intransitive) to fail to keep up (with)"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to fail to keep up",
"word": "komutu"
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"(idiomatic, intransitive) To be late (for a regular event)"
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "تَأَخَّرَ"
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "gecikmək"
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "遲到"
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"roman": "chídào",
"sense": "to be late",
"word": "迟到"
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"sense": "to be late",
"tags": [
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "jäädä jälkeen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be late",
"word": "olla myöhässä"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to be late",
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "sich verspäten"
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{
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "zu spät sein"
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "tardeskar"
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"sense": "to be late",
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "dereng bûn"
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{
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "paşve man"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "to be late",
"word": "paş ketin"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be late",
"word": "spóźniać się"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be late",
"word": "atrasar"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "opázdyvatʹ",
"sense": "to be late",
"tags": [
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"word": "опа́здывать"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opozdátʹ",
"sense": "to be late",
"tags": [
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be late",
"word": "atrasar"
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{
"code": "az",
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"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "geridə qalmaq"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "落後"
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{
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"roman": "luòhòu",
"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "落后"
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"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "jäädä jälkeen"
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{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "paşve man"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "paş ketin"
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"roman": "otstavátʹ",
"sense": "to be below average in performance",
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"word": "отстава́ть"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "hamna på efterkälken"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be below average in performance",
"word": "sacka"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to fail to keep up",
"word": "paşve man"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to fail to keep up",
"word": "paş ketin"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to fail to keep up",
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