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"To start to become better; to improve."
],
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"(idiomatic) To start to become better; to improve."
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "start to become better",
"word": "好轉"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎozhuǎn",
"sense": "start to become better",
"word": "好转"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "start to become better",
"word": "kääntyä paremmaksi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "start to become better",
"word": "好転する"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "start to become better",
"word": "mudar para melhor"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulučšátʹsja",
"sense": "start to become better",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "улучша́ться"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulúčšitʹsja",
"sense": "start to become better",
"tags": [
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"To start to become better; to improve."
],
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"(idiomatic) To start to become better; to improve."
],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "start to become better",
"word": "好轉"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎozhuǎn",
"sense": "start to become better",
"word": "好转"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "start to become better",
"word": "kääntyä paremmaksi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "start to become better",
"word": "好転する"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "start to become better",
"word": "mudar para melhor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulučšátʹsja",
"sense": "start to become better",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "улучша́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulúčšitʹsja",
"sense": "start to become better",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "улу́чшиться"
}
],
"word": "take a turn for the better"
}
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