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"word": "a house divided against itself cannot stand"
},
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"text": "The door closed by itself"
}
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"text": "The door itself is quite heavy."
}
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"(emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate"
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"code": "ase",
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "A@Chesthigh SmallFrontandback"
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],
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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],
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],
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"word": "mateix"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "jako takový"
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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"word": "mem"
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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],
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},
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"word": "ipsum"
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],
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "ele/ela mesmo"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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{
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
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"neuter"
],
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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}
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{
"ref": "1842, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines",
"text": "The oil by degrees gets covered with a curdy mass, which after some time settles to the bottom, while itself becomes limpid and colorless.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"it; used to refer back to an earlier subject"
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"(emphatic, archaic) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject"
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"Canada",
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
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"General-Australian"
]
},
{
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{
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},
{
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],
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},
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
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"note": "verb ending",
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"word": "-цца"
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"word": "es"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "sám"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "se"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "sebe"
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{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"word": "sám sebe"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "itsensä"
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{
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "se"
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{
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},
{
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},
{
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "sich selbst"
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "ἑαυτό"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"text": "The door closed by itself"
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"ref": "1842, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines",
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{
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{
"tags": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
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],
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "sám"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"word": "se"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "sebe"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "sám sebe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "zichzelf"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "itsensä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "se"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "se"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "von selbst"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "ἑαυτό"
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
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{
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"tags": [
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "kjh",
"lang": "Khakas",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "позы"
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "sē"
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{
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "sibi"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "suī"
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{
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
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{
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"word": "-ся"
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"word": "себя́"
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"word": "se"
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{
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "solo"
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "por si mismo"
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{
"code": "tyv",
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"roman": "bodu",
"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "боду"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "(reflexive) it",
"word": "се́бе"
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{
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"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "beyete",
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{
"code": "ase",
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "A@Chesthigh SmallFrontandback"
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{
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{
"code": "be",
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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{
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "sám"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "o sobě"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "sám o sobě"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "jako takový"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "zelf"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "mem"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "itse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "mesmo"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "autó",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "maga"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "se stesso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sé stesso"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "ipsum"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "viņš pats"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "viņa pati"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "ieš"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ono samo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "ele/ela mesmo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "próprio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "própria"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "onó samó",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "оно́ само́"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ono samo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "sí mismo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "mismo"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vonó samó",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "воно́ само́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "samó",
"sense": "(emphatic) it",
"word": "само́"
}
],
"word": "itself"
}
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