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"word": "hang the phone up"
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"To pick up the receiver of a telephone, generally with the intention of making a phone call."
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rafaʕa as-sammāʕa",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "رَفَعَ السَّمَّاعَة"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "接電話"
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"alt": "zip³ din⁶ waa⁶⁻²",
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "接电话"
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "聽電話"
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"alt": "teng¹ din⁶ waa⁶⁻²",
"code": "yue",
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "听电话"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "拿起電話"
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"roman": "náqǐ diànhuà",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "拿起电话"
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "接電話"
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"roman": "jiē diànhuà",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "接电话"
},
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"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "vastata puhelimeen"
},
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"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "décrocher"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "den Hörer abnehmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "abheben"
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{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "abnehmen"
},
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"_dis1": "86 14",
"alt": "でんわにでる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "denwa ni deru",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "電話に出る"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"alt": "じゅわきをとる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "juwaki o toru",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "受話器を取る"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonhwa-reul batda",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "전화를 받다"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonhwa-reul deulda",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "전화를 들다"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "ta telefonen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odbierać telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"tags": [
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"word": "odebrać telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "atender (o telefone)"
},
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"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bratʹ trúbku",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "брать тру́бку"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzjatʹ trúbku",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "взять тру́бку"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "contestar el teléfono"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "svara i telefonen"
}
]
},
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"To answer an incoming telephone call."
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"links": [
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"answer",
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"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "16 84",
"sense": "answer a call",
"word": "answer the phone"
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"_dis1": "16 84",
"sense": "answer a call",
"word": "answer"
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}
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"word": "pick up the phone"
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"word": "hang up the phone"
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{
"word": "hang the phone up"
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{
"word": "hang up"
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"pos": "verb",
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"To pick up the receiver of a telephone, generally with the intention of making a phone call."
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"To answer an incoming telephone call."
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"word": "pick the phone up"
},
{
"word": "pick up the telephone"
},
{
"word": "pick up"
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{
"sense": "answer a call",
"word": "answer the phone"
},
{
"sense": "answer a call",
"word": "answer"
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rafaʕa as-sammāʕa",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "رَفَعَ السَّمَّاعَة"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "接電話"
},
{
"alt": "zip³ din⁶ waa⁶⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "接电话"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "聽電話"
},
{
"alt": "teng¹ din⁶ waa⁶⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "听电话"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "拿起電話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "náqǐ diànhuà",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "拿起电话"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "接電話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiē diànhuà",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "接电话"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "vastata puhelimeen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "décrocher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "den Hörer abnehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "abheben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "abnehmen"
},
{
"alt": "でんわにでる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "denwa ni deru",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "電話に出る"
},
{
"alt": "じゅわきをとる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "juwaki o toru",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "受話器を取る"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonhwa-reul batda",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "전화를 받다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonhwa-reul deulda",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "전화를 들다"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "ta telefonen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odbierać telefon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odebrać telefon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "atender (o telefone)"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bratʹ trúbku",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "брать тру́бку"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzjatʹ trúbku",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "взять тру́бку"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "contestar el teléfono"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "svara i telefonen"
}
],
"word": "pick up the phone"
}
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