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"text": "If we all lend a hand, the work will go quickly."
}
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"To help or assist, especially voluntarily."
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"(idiomatic) To help or assist, especially voluntarily."
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"word": "lend an ear"
},
{
"word": "lending hand"
},
{
"word": "helping hand"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "donar un cop de mà"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "auttaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "jemandem zur Hand gehen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "dare una mano"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "dar a mão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "dar uma mão"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "echar una mano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "tender una mano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "echar un cable"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "echar un capote"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "ge någon en hand"
}
]
}
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"word": "lend a hand"
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"word": "lending hand"
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],
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],
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"(idiomatic) To help or assist, especially voluntarily."
],
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "donar un cop de mà"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "auttaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "jemandem zur Hand gehen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "dare una mano"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "dar a mão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "dar uma mão"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "echar una mano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "tender una mano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "echar un cable"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "echar un capote"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to help or assist",
"word": "ge någon en hand"
}
],
"word": "lend a hand"
}
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