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"form": "sets the scene",
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},
{
"form": "setting the scene",
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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"ref": "2004, Paul Skrebels, Sieta van der Hoeven, For All Time?: Critical Issues in Teaching Shakespeare, page 43",
"text": "For example, in teaching the banquet scene in Macbeth, I set the scene by setting up several banquet tables",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, David Strang, Learning by Example: Imitation and Innovation at a Global Bank",
"text": "This chapter has also set the scene by reviewing the operational structure of benchmarking, as well as outlining the research materials central to this study.",
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"To prepare for something by providing a background, a description, etc."
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"with-allative"
],
"word": "luoda pohja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"with-allative"
],
"word": "luoda edellytykset"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "planter le décor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "szkicować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "naszkicować"
}
]
}
],
"word": "set the scene"
}
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"form": "sets the scene",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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},
{
"form": "setting the scene",
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"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "set the scene",
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"text": "For example, in teaching the banquet scene in Macbeth, I set the scene by setting up several banquet tables",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, David Strang, Learning by Example: Imitation and Innovation at a Global Bank",
"text": "This chapter has also set the scene by reviewing the operational structure of benchmarking, as well as outlining the research materials central to this study.",
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"with-allative"
],
"word": "luoda pohja"
},
{
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"with-allative"
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"word": "luoda edellytykset"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"word": "planter le décor"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "szkicować"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
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"word": "naszkicować"
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"word": "set the scene"
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