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"ref": "2011 September 24, Aled Williams, “Chelsea 4 - 1 Swansea”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "But Torres's afternoon was to take a turn for the worse for a second week in succession as he was shown a straight red card by referee Mike Dean for a two-footed challenge on Gower.",
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"To start to become worse; to worsen."
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"(idiomatic) To start to become worse; to worsen."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"word": "惡化"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èhuà",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"word": "恶化"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"word": "tapahtua käänne pahempaan päin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"word": "prendere una brutta piega"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"word": "mudar para pior"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxudšátʹsja",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ухудша́ться"
},
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"sense": "start to become worse",
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"word": "уху́дшиться"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"word": "惡化"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èhuà",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"word": "恶化"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"word": "tapahtua käänne pahempaan päin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"word": "prendere una brutta piega"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"word": "mudar para pior"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "start to become worse",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ухудша́ться"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxúdšitʹsja",
"sense": "start to become worse",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уху́дшиться"
}
],
"word": "take a turn for the worse"
}
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