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"text": "Could you please give me a hand carrying this mattress?"
}
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"To help, aid, or assist."
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"(idiomatic) To help, aid, or assist."
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "1. To help, aid, or assist.",
"word": "jemandem zur Hand gehen"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "1. To help, aid, or assist.",
"word": "yardım eli uzatmak"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
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"sense": "1. To help, aid, or assist.",
"word": "yardım elini uzatmak"
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"sense": "1. To help, aid, or assist.",
"word": "desti dayen"
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"text": "Please give all our dedicated volunteers a hand for their hard work."
}
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"(idiomatic) To applaud or clap (also to give (someone) a big hand)."
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"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "1. To help, aid, or assist.",
"word": "jemandem zur Hand gehen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "1. To help, aid, or assist.",
"word": "yardım eli uzatmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "1. To help, aid, or assist.",
"word": "yardım elini uzatmak"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "1. To help, aid, or assist.",
"word": "desti dayen"
}
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"word": "give someone a hand"
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