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"text": "The introductory mathematics courses will lay the groundwork for all your subsequent engineering studies."
},
{
"ref": "2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.",
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"(idiomatic, figurative) To create a foundation; to provide the basics or fundamentals."
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "nigeź halıw",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "нигеҙ һалыу"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "pohjustaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"tags": [
"with-allative"
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"word": "luoda perusta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "préparer le terrain"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "Grunstein legen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "Grundstein legen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proetoimázo to édafos",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "προετοιμάζω το έδαφος"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "preparare il terreno"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "kłaść podwaliny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "preparar o terreno"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "založítʹ osnovu",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "заложи́ть основу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "založítʹ fundáment",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "заложи́ть фунда́мент"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "sentar las bases"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "raṅgaṁ siddhaṁ cēyu",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "రంగం సిద్ధం చేయు"
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},
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"text": "Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.",
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"translations": [
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "nigeź halıw",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "нигеҙ һалыу"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "pohjustaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"tags": [
"with-allative"
],
"word": "luoda perusta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "préparer le terrain"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "Grunstein legen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "Grundstein legen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proetoimázo to édafos",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "προετοιμάζω το έδαφος"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "preparare il terreno"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "kłaść podwaliny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "preparar o terreno"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "založítʹ osnovu",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "заложи́ть основу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "založítʹ fundáment",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "заложи́ть фунда́мент"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "sentar las bases"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "raṅgaṁ siddhaṁ cēyu",
"sense": "To provide the basics",
"word": "రంగం సిద్ధం చేయు"
}
],
"word": "lay the groundwork"
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