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"text": "Their plans to finish the garden that weekend hit a snag when an unseasonal snowfall dropped several inches on what should have become the pumpkin patch that day.",
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{
"ref": "2020 September 24, Cynthia Greenlee, “Now’s the Time for Wigs. If You Can Get the Hair for Them.”, in The New York Times",
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"(idiomatic) To encounter an unexpected problem or delay."
],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "op een moeilijkheid stuiten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "törmätä ongelmaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "kohdata ongelma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "kohdata vastoinkäyminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "tomber sur un os"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "hängenbleiben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "auf Schwierigkeiten stoßen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "nehézségbe ütközik"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "encontrar un problema inesperado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "stöta på patrull"
},
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "stöta på problem"
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},
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"ref": "2020 September 24, Cynthia Greenlee, “Now’s the Time for Wigs. If You Can Get the Hair for Them.”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Ms. Harris opted for buying hair and getting a beautician to make it into a two “forever wigs,” right for her face and head measurements. Even so, she hit several snags. When her wigs arrived, one was just too full.",
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"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "op een moeilijkheid stuiten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "törmätä ongelmaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "kohdata ongelma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "kohdata vastoinkäyminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "tomber sur un os"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "hängenbleiben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "auf Schwierigkeiten stoßen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "nehézségbe ütközik"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "encontrar un problema inesperado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "stöta på patrull"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to encounter an unexpected problem or delay",
"word": "stöta på problem"
}
],
"word": "hit a snag"
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