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"text": "It's about time he left home and learnt how to stand on his own two feet.",
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"ref": "2023 December 22, Robyn Vinter, “‘That’s how we’ve got to live’: the black market in England’s shoplifting capital”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "Tina is too proud to ask for help and would prefer to stand on her own two feet, she says.",
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"To be independent and self-sufficient; to survive without any help."
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"(idiomatic) To be independent and self-sufficient; to survive without any help."
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"word": "stand on one's own legs"
}
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "stå på egne ben"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "op eigen benen staan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "seisoa omilla jaloillaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "tulla toimeen omillaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "voler de ses propres ailes"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "auf eigenen Beinen stehen"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "berdikari"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "berdikari"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "stå på egne bein"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "stå på egne ben"
},
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "stå på eigne føter"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "stawać na własnych nogach"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stanąć na własnych nogach"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "caminhar com as próprias pernas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stojátʹ na sóbstvennyx nogáx",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "стоя́ть на со́бственных нога́х"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "kendi ayakları üzerinde durmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "kendi yağıyla kavrulmak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "tự lập"
}
]
}
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],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "stå på egne ben"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "op eigen benen staan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "seisoa omilla jaloillaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "tulla toimeen omillaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "voler de ses propres ailes"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "auf eigenen Beinen stehen"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "berdikari"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "berdikari"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "stå på egne bein"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "stå på egne ben"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "stå på eigne føter"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "stawać na własnych nogach"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stanąć na własnych nogach"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "caminhar com as próprias pernas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stojátʹ na sóbstvennyx nogáx",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "стоя́ть на со́бственных нога́х"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "kendi ayakları üzerinde durmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "kendi yağıyla kavrulmak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "idiomatic: to be independent",
"word": "tự lập"
}
],
"word": "stand on one's own two feet"
}
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