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"text": "With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.",
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}
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1946, Sydney Sïrdani, Don't be Fright: Radio Magic, page 10:",
"text": "Don't be fright, it is not so impossible as it seems.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2003, Ben Hodges, Forbidden Acts:",
"text": "Don't be fright, I'm not going to hurt you.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Jessica Stirling, Shamrock Green:",
"text": "He had a great heavy jaw and shoulders like an ox and bore no resemblance to Maurice Leonard. 'Come along, lad,' the sergeant said. 'Come along. Don't be fright. It's what you're here for now, ain't it?'",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"frightened; afraid; affright"
],
"links": [
[
"frightened",
"frightened"
],
[
"afraid",
"afraid"
],
[
"affright",
"affright"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) frightened; afraid; affright"
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
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{
"enpr": "frīt",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/fɹaɪt/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪt"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɹʌit/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"Northern-US"
]
},
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}
],
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}
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