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},
{
"form": "falling to pieces",
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},
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"text": "The covers of the old book fell to pieces when I picked it up."
}
],
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"To break into a number of segments; to collapse."
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"_dis1": "84 16",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "collapse",
"word": "tomber en miettes"
}
]
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"text": "When I found out my mother had passed away that night, I fell to pieces."
}
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"To be emotionally devastated; to break down."
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"(figurative) To be emotionally devastated; to break down."
],
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"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "崩潰"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bēngkuì",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "崩溃"
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"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "murtua"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "hajota"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "s’effondrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "andare in pezzi"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razválivatʹsja",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разва́ливаться"
},
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"_dis1": "3 97",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvalítʹsja",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "развали́ться"
}
]
}
],
"word": "fall to pieces"
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}
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],
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"(figurative) To be emotionally devastated; to break down."
],
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "collapse",
"word": "tomber en miettes"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "崩潰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bēngkuì",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "崩溃"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "murtua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "hajota"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "s’effondrer"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"word": "andare in pezzi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razválivatʹsja",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разва́ливаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvalítʹsja",
"sense": "be emotionally devastated",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "развали́ться"
}
],
"word": "fall to pieces"
}
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