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"ref": "2014 July 16, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014",
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"ref": "1914, Rupert Hughes, Clipped Wings",
"text": "Look me up next time you’re in town—if you can bring me some new ideas.",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, idiomatic) To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1914, Rupert Hughes, Clipped Wings",
"text": "Look me up next time you’re in town—if you can bring me some new ideas.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reconnect or meet with someone that one used to know."
],
"links": [
[
"reconnect",
"reconnect"
],
[
"meet",
"meet"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, idiomatic) To reconnect or meet with someone that one used to know."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "track down"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-look up.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/En-au-look_up.ogg/En-au-look_up.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/En-au-look_up.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have better prospects, to improve",
"word": "näyttää hyvältä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have better prospects, to improve",
"word": "näyttää lupaavalta"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have better prospects, to improve",
"word": "sich bessern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have better prospects, to improve",
"word": "aufwärtsgehen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulučšátʹsja",
"sense": "to have better prospects, to improve",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "улучша́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to have better prospects, to improve",
"word": "mejorar"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "baḥaṯa",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "بَحَثَ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "cercar"
},
{
"code": "csm",
"lang": "Central Sierra Miwok",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "ˀaký·l-"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chá",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "查"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "查閱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cháyuè",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "查阅"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "vyhledat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "slå op"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "opzoeken"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "sláa upp"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "katsoa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "chercher"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "buscar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "nachschlagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "nachsehen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "utánanéz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "kikeres"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "slá upp"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "cercare"
},
{
"alt": "けんさくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kensaku suru",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "検索する"
},
{
"alt": "しらべる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shiraberu",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "調べる"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chajaboda",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "찾아보다"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "mikaroka"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "slå opp"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "cercar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "buscar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "pesquisar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "consultar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "căuta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iskátʹ",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "иска́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poiskátʹ",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поиска́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smotrétʹ",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "смотре́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "posmotrétʹ",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "посмотре́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "buscar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "slå upp"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "kolla upp"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to obtain information about something from a text source",
"word": "bakmak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gledam nagore",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "гледам нагоре"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǎng",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "仰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shàngkàn",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "上看"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "仰視"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǎngshì",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "仰视"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "opkijken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "katsoa (ylös)"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "katsella (ylös)"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "hochsehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "nach oben sehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "aufblicken"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "ufeluege"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "felnéz"
},
{
"alt": "みあげる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "miageru",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "見上げる"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "dongak"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smotrétʹ vverx",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "смотре́ть вверх"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "se upp"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "used other than as an idiom",
"word": "yukarı bakmak"
}
],
"word": "look up"
}
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"msg": "''To obtain, or seek to obtain, '[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
"path": [
"look up"
],
"section": "English",
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}
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