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"text": "My last run this month is an amazing performance of an \"A2/3\" Pacific, No. 60524, Herringbone (could there possibly be a more infelicitous name for a locomotive than this, let alone for the unhappy horse which first had to bear it?), […].",
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"Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone."
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "ուր մնաց"
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "ка́мо ли"
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "更不用說"
},
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gèng bùyòng shuō",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "どころか"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "mochiron",
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"code": "jv",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "keonyeong",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "커녕"
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"code": "la",
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{
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "enn si"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "چه برسه"
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "co dopiero"
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "que dirá"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "ce să mai vorbim"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "не говоря́ уже́"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "тем бо́лее"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "gun luaidh"
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{
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "a už vôbec nie"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "kaj šele"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "zabywši"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "y mucho menos"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "ni qué hablar de"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "por no hablar de"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "än mindre"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "och ännu mindre"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
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"word": "bırak"
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "cih jā'ye kih",
"sense": "to say nothing of",
"word": "چہ جائے کہ"
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"Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first."
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"(idiomatic, chiefly in the positive, rare) Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first."
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "as well as",
"word": "laat staan"
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"word": "puhumattakaan"
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"derived": [
{
"word": "let it alone"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "lets alone",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "letting alone",
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"participle",
"present"
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{
"form": "let alone",
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"past"
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{
"form": "let alone",
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"name": "en-verb"
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"lang": "English",
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"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
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"examples": [
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"text": "I wish he would let me alone so I could get some sleep.",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering."
],
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"leave alone",
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"let be"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "leave alone"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1838, Marguerite Countess of Blessington, The Works of Lady Blessington (page 223)",
"text": "Oh! let him alone for that. He's the boy that can get out of a scrape."
},
{
"ref": "1849, William Carleton, Tales and Sketches, page 81:",
"text": "\"It's not easy gettin' as good,\" rejoined the old woman, \"an' you ought to be very glad to win him, if you can.\"\n\"Let me alone for that,\" said Sally.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"glosses": [
"To rely on (a person) to do something."
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"links": [
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"(transitive, colloquial, dated) To rely on (a person) to do something."
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"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "leave alone",
"word": "met rust laten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "leave alone",
"word": "jättää rauhaan"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "leave alone",
"word": "pustiti pri miru"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "leave alone",
"word": "dejar en paz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "leave alone",
"word": "dejar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "leave alone",
"word": "lämna i fred"
}
],
"word": "let alone"
}
Download raw JSONL data for let alone meaning in English (16.8kB)
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