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"ref": "1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court",
"text": "It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless.[…]You stand by, Janet, and wake me up if they do any of that running commentary stuff.”",
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"To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready."
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"(idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready."
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"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "olla valmiina"
},
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"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "se tenir prêt"
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"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
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"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "følge med"
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"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "esperar"
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"roman": "bytʹ v ožidánii",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "быть в ожида́нии"
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"text": "Even though money is scarce sometimes, Ann stands by her decision to be a full-time mother.",
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"_dis1": "13 76 7 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "pysyä uskollisena"
},
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"_dis1": "13 76 7 4",
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"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "tukea"
},
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"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
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"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "s’en tenir à"
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"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
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"roman": "stojátʹ za",
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"word": "стоя́ть за"
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To support; to continue to support despite things being bad."
],
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}
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"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "seisoa rinnalla"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "tukea"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "melléáll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "mellett(e) áll"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "megvéd"
},
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "kiáll"
},
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"roman": "poddérživatʹ",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "подде́рживать"
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"text": "I can't simply stand by and watch you ruin your life.",
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"To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation."
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"(intransitive) To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation."
],
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},
{
"word": "waste time"
},
{
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"_dis1": "5 1 2 92",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiùshǒu",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "袖手"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 92",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "袖手旁觀"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 92",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiùshǒupángguān",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "袖手旁观"
},
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"_dis1": "5 1 2 92",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "seistä"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 92",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "katsoa vierestä"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 92",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "csak áll"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 92",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "tétlenül szemlél"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 92",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "nem tesz semmit"
},
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"_dis1": "5 1 2 92",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezdéjstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "безде́йствовать"
}
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"English verbs",
"Requests for review of German translations",
"Requests for review of Interlingua translations",
"Requests for review of Italian translations",
"Requests for review of Romanian translations",
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"text": "It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless.[…]You stand by, Janet, and wake me up if they do any of that running commentary stuff.”",
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"To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready."
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"(idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready."
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"ref": "2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times",
"text": "[W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To remain loyal or faithful to."
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To remain loyal or faithful to."
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"To support; to continue to support despite things being bad."
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"support",
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"continue",
"continue"
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"bad",
"bad"
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To support; to continue to support despite things being bad."
],
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"To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation."
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"(intransitive) To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "olla valmiina"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "se tenir prêt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "készen áll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "készenlétben van/áll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "vár"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "være parat"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "være klar"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "følge med"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bytʹ v ožidánii",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "быть в ожида́нии"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to wait in expectation of some event",
"word": "esperar"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "pysyä uskollisena"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "rester fidèle à"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "maintenir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "s’en tenir à"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "kitart"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "kiáll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "fenntart"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "stå ved"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "stå fast ved"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stojátʹ za",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "стоя́ть за"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to remain loyal or faithful to (some decision etc.)",
"word": "stå fast vid"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "seisoa rinnalla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "melléáll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "mellett(e) áll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "megvéd"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "kiáll"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poddérživatʹ",
"sense": "to support someone",
"word": "подде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiùshǒu",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "袖手"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "袖手旁觀"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiùshǒupángguān",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "袖手旁观"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "seistä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "katsoa vierestä"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "csak áll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "tétlenül szemlél"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "nem tesz semmit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezdéjstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to do nothing; to be inactive in a situation",
"word": "безде́йствовать"
}
],
"word": "stand by"
}
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