See for Wales in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Suggests that if there was a world championship for the given action, the person under discussion could compete on the national team.",
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep_phrase",
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"name": "Welsh English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"_dis": "93 7",
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"ref": "2016 February 14, Hannah Howe, Secrets and Lies, Goylake Publishing, →ISBN, page 47:",
"text": "I like talking, me. I can talk for Wales, so I didn't mind answering his questions.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Very well or for a long time."
],
"id": "en-for_Wales-en-prep_phrase-qXGV2juI",
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"(Wales, idiomatic) Very well or for a long time."
],
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"word": "for Britain"
},
{
"word": "for England"
},
{
"word": "for Ireland"
},
{
"word": "for Scotland"
}
],
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{
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, Wales."
],
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"word": "for Wales"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English prepositional phrases",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"etymology_text": "Suggests that if there was a world championship for the given action, the person under discussion could compete on the national team.",
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep_phrase",
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"English idioms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Welsh English"
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"ref": "2016 February 14, Hannah Howe, Secrets and Lies, Goylake Publishing, →ISBN, page 47:",
"text": "I like talking, me. I can talk for Wales, so I didn't mind answering his questions.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"Very well or for a long time."
],
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"(Wales, idiomatic) Very well or for a long time."
],
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{
"word": "for Britain"
},
{
"word": "for England"
},
{
"word": "for Ireland"
},
{
"word": "for Scotland"
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],
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, Wales."
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],
"word": "for Wales"
}
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