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"text": "Though the bird is still young, in a day or two it will spread its wing and take flight for the first time."
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"To begin flying; to become airborne or aloft; to take off and fly"
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"(idiomatic) To begin flying; to become airborne or aloft; to take off and fly"
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"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "lähteä lentoon"
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"sense": "to become airborne",
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"sense": "to become airborne",
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"sense": "to become airborne",
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"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "își lua zborul"
},
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "alzar el vuelo"
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"text": "The criminals took flight as soon as they heard the sirens."
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"word": "τρέπομαι σε φυγή"
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"note": "of birds",
"sense": "to flee",
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"sense": "to flee",
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"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "lähteä lentoon"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "s’envoler"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "prendre son vol"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "prendre son envol"
},
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"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "szárnyra kap"
},
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"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "spiccare il volo"
},
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become airborne",
"tags": [
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"word": "wznosić się"
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{
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become airborne",
"tags": [
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"word": "wznieść się"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "levantar voo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "își lua zborul"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "alzar el vuelo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become airborne",
"word": "levantar el vuelo"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flee",
"word": "paeta"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to flee",
"word": "prendre la fuite"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "trépomai se fygí",
"sense": "to flee",
"word": "τρέπομαι σε φυγή"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flee",
"word": "darsi alla fuga"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of birds",
"sense": "to flee",
"word": "hārewa"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to flee",
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"word": "uciekać"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to flee",
"tags": [
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"word": "uciec"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to flee",
"word": "ta till flykten"
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