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"text": "He already has his hands full with two kids and a full-time job, yet he still makes time to volunteer."
},
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"text": "They had their hands full to defend themselves from firing.",
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"word": "have one's handful"
}
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla kädet täynnä (subject in adessive)",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla yllin kyllin tekemistä (subject in adessive)",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"word": "alle Hände voll zu tun haben"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"word": "hafa nóg á sinni könnu"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mieć pełne ręce roboty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"word": "estar de mãos cheias"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "no equivalent term in Romanian",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"word": "but see foarte ocupat"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"word": "hae ane's ain tae dae"
}
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"text": "He already has his hands full with two kids and a full-time job, yet he still makes time to volunteer."
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"text": "They had their hands full to defend themselves from firing.",
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"word": "have one's handful"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla kädet täynnä (subject in adessive)",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla yllin kyllin tekemistä (subject in adessive)",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"word": "alle Hände voll zu tun haben"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"word": "hafa nóg á sinni könnu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mieć pełne ręce roboty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"word": "estar de mãos cheias"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "no equivalent term in Romanian",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"word": "but see foarte ocupat"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "be busy or thoroughly preoccupied",
"word": "hae ane's ain tae dae"
}
],
"word": "have one's hands full"
}
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