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},
{
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"glosses": [
"To act; to act positively and decisively to resolve a problem."
],
"id": "en-take_action-en-verb-oi585TGq",
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"act",
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "採取行動"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cǎiqǔ xíngdòng",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "采取行动"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "toimia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "ryhtyä toimenpiteisiin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "passer à l’acte"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "cselekszik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "intézkedik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "fellép"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "közbelép"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "akcióba lép"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "intervenire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "prendere provvedimenti"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "passare all'azione"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "aksjonere"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "tirar por la calle de en medio"
}
]
}
],
"word": "take action"
}
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},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "採取行動"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cǎiqǔ xíngdòng",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "采取行动"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "toimia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "ryhtyä toimenpiteisiin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "passer à l’acte"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "cselekszik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "intézkedik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "fellép"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "közbelép"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "akcióba lép"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "intervenire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "prendere provvedimenti"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "passare all'azione"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"word": "aksjonere"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act, especially decisively",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "tirar por la calle de en medio"
}
],
"word": "take action"
}
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