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"(intransitive) To start an activity with the intention of finishing it."
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"ref": "26 August 2014, Richard Rae, “Manchester United humbled by MK Dons after Will Grigg hits double”, in The Guardian",
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"sense": "to explain",
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"sense": "to explain",
"word": "määritellä"
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{
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"sense": "to explain",
"word": "expliquer"
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{
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"sense": "to explain",
"word": "illustrare"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to explain",
"word": "esplicare"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to explain",
"word": "dispor"
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"code": "ru",
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"note": "of a document",
"roman": "ustanávlivatʹ",
"sense": "to explain",
"word": "устана́вливать"
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"roman": "napuskam",
"sense": "to leave",
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"sense": "to leave",
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"sense": "to leave",
"word": "動身"
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"sense": "to leave",
"word": "动身"
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"word": "vydat se"
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"sense": "to leave",
"word": "vypravit se"
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{
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"sense": "to leave",
"word": "verlaten"
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"word": "lähteä matkaan"
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"sense": "to leave",
"word": "lähteä"
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"sense": "to leave",
"word": "sich aufmachen"
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"lang": "Gothic",
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"sense": "to leave",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to leave",
"word": "uscire"
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "partire"
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{
"code": "la",
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"word": "proficiscor"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to leave",
"word": "whakatika"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "whātika"
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"sense": "to leave",
"word": "undjia ho-ndzia-ni"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to leave",
"word": "partir"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "otpravljátʹsja",
"sense": "to leave",
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"word": "отправля́ться"
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"sense": "to leave",
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"sense": "to leave",
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"sense": "to leave",
"word": "mit-"
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"sense": "to start an activity",
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"sense": "to start an activity",
"word": "beginnen"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to start an activity",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to start an activity",
"word": "ryhtyä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to start an activity",
"word": "alkaa"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to start an activity",
"word": "aloittaa"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to start an activity",
"word": "commencer"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to start an activity",
"word": "fissarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to start an activity",
"word": "proporsi"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to start an activity",
"word": "dispor"
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"word": "set out"
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