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"_dis1": "46 54",
"word": "on the face of it"
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"To take someone literally even though they may not have been serious; to take someone seriously even though they were joking; to take up a challenge that was initially meant as a joke."
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"(transitive) To take someone literally even though they may not have been serious; to take someone seriously even though they were joking; to take up a challenge that was initially meant as a joke."
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "tage nogen på ordet"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "ottaa todesta"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "ottaa kirjaimellisesti"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "prendre au mot"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "prendre au pied de la lettre"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "prendre au sérieux"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"tags": [
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"word": "traktować poważnie"
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"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
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"To take someone's word for it, to believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true."
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"(transitive) To take someone's word for it, to believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true."
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"transitive"
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"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"suffix",
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "luottaa sanaan"
},
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"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true",
"tags": [
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"word": "uskoa sanaan"
},
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"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true",
"word": "croire sur parole"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true",
"tags": [
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"word": "wierzyć na słowo"
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"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true",
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"word": "uwierzyć na słowo"
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"word": "take at face value"
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"To take someone literally even though they may not have been serious; to take someone seriously even though they were joking; to take up a challenge that was initially meant as a joke."
],
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"literally",
"literally"
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[
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"(transitive) To take someone literally even though they may not have been serious; to take someone seriously even though they were joking; to take up a challenge that was initially meant as a joke."
],
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"transitive"
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},
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"To take someone's word for it, to believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true."
],
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"take someone's word for it",
"take someone's word for it"
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"(transitive) To take someone's word for it, to believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true."
],
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"transitive"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "tage nogen på ordet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "ottaa todesta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "ottaa kirjaimellisesti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "prendre au mot"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "prendre au pied de la lettre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"word": "prendre au sérieux"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "traktować poważnie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "take someone literally even though they may not have been serious",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "potraktować poważnie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"suffix",
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "luottaa sanaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true",
"tags": [
"possessive",
"suffix",
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "uskoa sanaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true",
"word": "croire sur parole"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wierzyć na słowo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "uwierzyć na słowo"
}
],
"word": "take someone at their word"
}
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