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"sense": "to argue or promote an idea",
"word": "seinen Standpunkt vertreten"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to argue or promote an idea",
"word": "seine Sichtweise vorbringen"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to argue or promote an idea",
"word": "seine Sicht der Dinge klarstellen"
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{
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"sense": "to argue or promote an idea",
"word": "felhívja a figyelmet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to argue or promote an idea",
"word": "kifejezi álláspontját"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to argue or promote an idea",
"word": "érvel"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "vyskazyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to argue or promote an idea",
"word": "высказываться"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "mettre un point d’honneur à"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "se faire un point d’honneur de"
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{
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"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "darauf achten"
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"word": "sicherstellen"
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"word": "darauf Wert legen"
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"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "ügyel"
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"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "gondoskodik"
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"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "elvi kérdést csinál"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "(nagy) súlyt fektet/helyez"
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"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "standa fast á"
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "leggja áherslu á"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "hafa fyrir reglu"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "farsi un dovere"
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"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"tags": [
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"word": "nie omieszkać"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "fazer questão"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "procurar (hacer)"
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"sense": "to take care in doing something",
"word": "asegurarse (de hacer)"
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"word": "make a point"
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