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"ref": "2023 March 22, Nick Brodrick, “Back to the future on the East Lancs?”, in RAIL, number 979, page 49, photo caption",
"text": "Next stop Manchester? This [scene] is a re-creation of the 1960s, but if Rossendale Borough Council gets its way, 21st century DMUs will ferry commuters from the Irwell Valley into the city.",
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"To obtain the circumstances one wishes for."
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"(idiomatic) To obtain the circumstances one wishes for."
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "sortir-se amb la seva"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "saada tahtonsa läpi"
},
{
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"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "saada haluamansa"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "parvenir à ses fins"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "dobítʹsja svojevó",
"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "доби́ться своего́"
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"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "salir con la suya"
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"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "sortir-se amb la seva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "saada tahtonsa läpi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "saada haluamansa"
},
{
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"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "parvenir à ses fins"
},
{
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"roman": "dobítʹsja svojevó",
"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "доби́ться своего́"
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"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "salir con la suya"
},
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obtain the circumstances one wishes for",
"word": "salirse con la suya"
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