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"ref": "1944 November and December, “Conversion of L.N.E.R. \"B16\" Class 4-6-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 349",
"text": "The three cylinders of these engines are 18½ in. dia. by 26 in. stroke; and as the three piston valves were all between the frames, it resulted in the monoblock casting being weak, so far as the centre cylinder was concerned, with the result that the life of these castings left a good deal to be desired.",
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"(intransitive) To be unsatisfactory; to fail to meet minimal standards of acceptability."
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"word": "leave much to be desired"
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"translations": [
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mít k dokonalosti daleko"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "te wensen overlaten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "jättää toivomisen varaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "laisser à désirer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "viel zu wünschen übrig lassen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pozostawiać wiele do życzenia"
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"perfective"
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"word": "pozostawić wiele do życzenia"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "deixar a desejar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dejar mucho que desear"
}
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"word": "leave a lot to be desired"
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"ref": "1944 November and December, “Conversion of L.N.E.R. \"B16\" Class 4-6-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 349",
"text": "The three cylinders of these engines are 18½ in. dia. by 26 in. stroke; and as the three piston valves were all between the frames, it resulted in the monoblock casting being weak, so far as the centre cylinder was concerned, with the result that the life of these castings left a good deal to be desired.",
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"word": "leave much to be desired"
}
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"translations": [
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mít k dokonalosti daleko"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "te wensen overlaten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "jättää toivomisen varaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "laisser à désirer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "viel zu wünschen übrig lassen"
},
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"word": "pozostawić wiele do życzenia"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "deixar a desejar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dejar mucho que desear"
}
],
"word": "leave a lot to be desired"
}
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