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"sense": "to finish completely",
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"word": "fullfölja"
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"ref": "2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club",
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"text": "However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move.",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "rematar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "gøre færdig"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "færdiggøre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "terminare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "rifinire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "fare fuori"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wykańczać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wykończyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "acabar com"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "termina"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "definitiva"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "desăvârși"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "completa"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokónčitʹ",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "поко́нчить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "terminar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "rematar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "fullfölja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "about an action",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "slutföra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "about something consumable",
"sense": "to finish completely",
"word": "ta slut på"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to kill",
"word": "gøre det af (med)"
}
],
"word": "finish off"
}
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