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"text": "He had no speech prepared, so he improvised."
},
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"text": "They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying."
},
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"text": "She improvised a lovely solo."
}
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"To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan."
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"word": "fly by the seat of one's pants"
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{
"word": "play by ear"
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{
"word": "punt"
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{
"word": "think on one's feet"
},
{
"word": "wing it"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "إرتجل"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisar"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "impravizavácʹ",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "імправізава́ць"
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "импровизирам"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisar"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "即興"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "jíxìng",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "即兴"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiànzhuā",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "现抓"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvizovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improviseren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisoida"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "sepittää"
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improviser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aftoschediázo",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "αυτοσχεδιάζω"
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "skhediázō",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvizál"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "rögtönöz"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "leika af fingrum fram"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "snarstefja"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "spinna"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "seiftigh"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvvisare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "parlare a braccio"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "tito ohia"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisere"
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
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"word": "zaimprowizować"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improviza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "improvizírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "импровизи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "symprovizírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisera"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "improvizuváty",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "імпровізува́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "ứng biến"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "ứng tác"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "ứng tấu"
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{
"text": "He had no speech prepared, so he improvised."
},
{
"text": "They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying."
},
{
"text": "She improvised a lovely solo."
}
],
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"To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan."
],
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[
"imagination",
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"word": "fly by the seat of one's pants"
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{
"word": "play by ear"
},
{
"word": "punt"
},
{
"word": "think on one's feet"
},
{
"word": "wing it"
}
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "إرتجل"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisar"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "impravizavácʹ",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "імправізава́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "improviziram",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "импровизирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "即興"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jíxìng",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "即兴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiànzhuā",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "现抓"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvizovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improviseren"
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisoida"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "sepittää"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improviser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aftoschediázo",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "αυτοσχεδιάζω"
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"roman": "skhediázō",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "σχεδιάζω"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvizál"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "rögtönöz"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "leika af fingrum fram"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "snarstefja"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "spinna"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "seiftigh"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvvisare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "parlare a braccio"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "tito ohia"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisere"
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"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "zaimprowizować"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisar"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improviza"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "improvizírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "импровизи́ровать"
},
{
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"roman": "symprovizírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisar"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisera"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "improvizuváty",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "імпровізува́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "ứng biến"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "ứng tác"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "ứng tấu"
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"word": "improvise"
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