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(alternatively expressed with a participial phrase)", "sense": "that (without the negative particle)" }, { "_dis1": "2 98", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "that (without the negative particle)", "word": "nē" }, { "_dis1": "2 98", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "that (without the negative particle)", "word": "care" }, { "_dis1": "2 98", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "ščo", "sense": "that (without the negative particle)", "word": "що" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/lɛst/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɛst" }, { "ipa": "/liːst/", "tags": [ "obsolete" ] }, { "audio": "en-us-lest.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/57/En-us-lest.ogg/En-us-lest.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/En-us-lest.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" } ], "word": "lest" }
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strachu, že ..." }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "v případě, že ..." }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "uit angst dat" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "pro timo ke" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "+ conditional", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "siltä varalta, että" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "siinä pelossa, että" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "sen pelossa, että" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "ettei" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "jottei" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "de peur que" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "sans quoi" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "non sexa que" }, { "code": "ka", "english": "rata ar", "lang": "Georgian", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "რათა არ" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "fürchtend, dass" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "in der Furcht, dass" }, { "code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "ibai", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "mḗ", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "μή" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "mḗpote", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "μήποτε" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pen", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "פֶּן" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "nehogy" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "ar eagla go" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "per paura che" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "shinai yō ni", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "しないように" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "kraeŋ", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "ក្រែង" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "kei tūpono" }, { "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "þȳ lǣs" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "ze strachu, że" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "para que" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "a fim de que ... não" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "în caz că" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "из страха" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "что" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "iz straha da ne" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "da ne bi" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "da ne bi" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "note": "no + subjunctive", "sense": "for fear that" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "no vaya a ser que" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "bundan korkarak" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "bojačýsʹ, ščo", "sense": "for fear that", "word": "боячи́сь, що" }, { "code": "bn", "lang": "Bengali", "roman": "pache", "sense": "that … not", "word": "পাছে" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "da ne", "sense": "that … not", "word": "да не" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "za da ne", "sense": "that … not", "word": "за да не" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "that … not", "word": "aby ... ne" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "that … not", "word": "opdat ... niet" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "that … not", "word": "ettei" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "that … not", "word": "jottei" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "note": "pour que (+ ne ... pas + verb in subj. mood)", "sense": "that … not" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "that … not", "word": "bevor" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "that … not", "word": "auf dass nicht" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "mḗ", "sense": "that … not", "word": "μή" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "mḗpote", "sense": "that … not", "word": "μήποτε" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "that … not", "word": "nehogy" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "that … not", "word": "nē" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "that … not", "word": "kei" }, { "code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "that … not", "word": "þȳ lǣs" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "that … not", "word": "żeby nie" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "sense": "that … not", "word": "чтобы не" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ínáče", "sense": "that … not", "word": "и́на́че" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "that … not", "word": "da ne" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "that … not", "word": "kako ne ..." }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "note": "no + subjunctive", "sense": "that … not" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "that … not", "tags": [ "literally" ], "word": "så att inte" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "that … not", "word": "bunun üzerine değil" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "that … not", "word": "daha önce" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "abý ... ne", "sense": "that … not", "word": "аби́ ... не" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "ščob ... ne", "sense": "that … not", "word": "щоб ... не" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "ščoby ... ne", "sense": "that … not", "word": "щоби ... не" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "note": "että (alternatively expressed with a participial phrase)", "sense": "that (without the negative particle)" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "that (without the negative particle)", "word": "nē" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "that (without the negative particle)", "word": "care" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "ščo", "sense": "that (without the negative particle)", "word": "що" } ], "word": "lest" }
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