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"text": "To such verification, however, we may look forward with reasonable confidence, for Einstein has deduced from the principle of relativity, together with the electromagnetic theory, a number of striking consequences which are remarkably self-consistent.",
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"text": "1961 January 17, Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech, Eisenhower's farewell address,\nNow, on Friday noon, I am to become a private citizen. I am proud to do so. I look forward to it."
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
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"word": "těšit se"
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"word": "erwarten"
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"word": "hlakka til"
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"word": "nie móc się doczekać"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "не мочь дожда́ться"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "dèan fiughair ri"
},
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "radovati se"
},
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "tešiť sa"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "veseliti se"
},
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "esperar"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "tener pensado"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "no ver la hora"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "se fram emot"
},
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "edurucūcu",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "ఎదురుచూచు"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "iple çekmek"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "dört gözle beklemek"
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"roman": "ne mohty dočekatysja",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "не могти дочекатися"
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},
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"text": "1961 January 17, Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech, Eisenhower's farewell address,\nNow, on Friday noon, I am to become a private citizen. I am proud to do so. I look forward to it."
},
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"ref": "2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Railway's fragile resilience”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 3",
"text": "I look forward to seeing 3417 running under its own power on the main line, and carrying passengers too. That needs central door locking, which will be no mean feat on a 4-VEP with 60 passenger doors.",
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "очаквам"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "esperar amb il·lusió"
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"roman": "qīdài",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "期待"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàngwǎng",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "向往"
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"roman": "pànwàng",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "盼望"
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"roman": "bāwàng",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "巴望"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "等不及"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "期盼"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "těšit se"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "glæde sig til"
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"word": "se frem til"
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"word": "uitkijken naar"
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"word": "ernaar uitkijken om"
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"word": "zich verheugen op"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "antaŭĝoji (pri)"
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"lang": "Faroese",
"note": "gleða seg (+ til + acc.)",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for"
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"english": "eagerly",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "odottaa innolla"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "odottaa jännityksellä"
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"note": "with interest",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "odottaa mielenkiinnolla"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "avoir hâte de"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "attendre avec impatience"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "espérer"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "erwarten"
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"note": "sich freuen (+ auf + acc.)",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for"
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"roman": "prosvlépo",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "προσβλέπω"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "ευελπιστώ"
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"word": "ανυπομονώ"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "alig vár"
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"word": "hlakka til"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "non vedere l'ora"
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"roman": "tanoshimi ni suru",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "楽しみにする"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "glede seg"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "se frem til"
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"word": "gle seg til"
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"word": "sjå fram til"
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "مشتاق بودن"
},
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"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "nie móc się doczekać"
},
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"word": "ansiar"
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"word": "abia aștepta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ždatʹ s neterpénijem",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "ждать с нетерпе́нием"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne močʹ doždátʹsja",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "не мочь дожда́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predvkušátʹ",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предвкуша́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "dèan fiughair ri"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "radovati se"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "tešiť sa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "veseliti se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "tener pensado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "no ver la hora"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "se fram emot"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "edurucūcu",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "ఎదురుచూచు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "iple çekmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "dört gözle beklemek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ne mohty dočekatysja",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "не могти дочекатися"
}
],
"word": "look forward to"
}
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