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"text": "If you want to take a shower, help yourself to towels; they're in the linen closet."
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"ref": "1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond",
"text": "Hugh helped himself to bacon. \"My dear fellow, she can think what she likes so long as she continues to grill bacon like this. Your wife is a treasure, James—a pearl amongst women; and you can tell her so with my love.\"",
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"(reflexive) To take something freely; to serve oneself without restraint."
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"roman": "zìjǐ ná",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "自己拿"
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"sense": "take something freely",
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"text": "God helps those who help themselves."
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"(reflexive) To take something freely; to serve oneself without restraint."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zìjǐ ná",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "自己拿"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "invitation",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "請便"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǐngbiàn",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "请便"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "saada ottaa"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "voida ottaa"
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"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "se servir"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "axudar"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "sich bedienen"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "zugreifen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "sich auftun"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "servirsi"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "favorire"
},
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"alt": "えんりょなく...する",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "enryo naku ... suru",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "遠慮なく...する"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "częstować się"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "servir-se"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ugoščátʹsja",
"sense": "take something freely",
"tags": [
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"topics": [
"food",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "угоща́ться"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "take something freely",
"word": "ta för sig"
}
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"word": "help oneself"
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