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"ref": "2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 243c",
"text": "Though we say we are quite clear about it and understand when someone uses the expression, unlike that other expression, maybe we're in the same plight with regard to them both.",
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"ref": "2011 December 10, Arindam Rej, “Norwich 4-2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Gosling's plight worsened when he was soon shown a red card for a foul on Martin.",
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"ref": "2020 June 17, Philip Haigh, “Capital for the capital to meet London's transport needs”, in Rail, page 28",
"text": "Despite spending £1 billion of its own resources, that balanced budget became impossible and forced TfL to issue a 'Section 114' notice of impending financial plight and go to the government for support.",
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"sense": "unfortunate situation",
"word": "benarde toestand"
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"sense": "unfortunate situation",
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"word": "situation désespérée"
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"(now rare) A (neutral) condition or state."
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"(now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril."
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"(now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation."
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"Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime."
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"(now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime."
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"One's office; duty; charge."
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"(now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge."
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"That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge."
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"(archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge."
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "that which is exposed to risk",
"word": "panos"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "that which is exposed to risk",
"word": "sijoitus"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "vakuus"
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"sense": "that which is exposed to risk",
"word": "vastuu"
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"(now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril."
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"(now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge."
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"gage",
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{
"code": "fi",
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},
{
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"To expose to risk; to pledge."
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"(transitive, now rare) To expose to risk; to pledge."
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"Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony."
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"ref": "1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 226",
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}
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