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},
{
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"text": "I can think up plenty of excuses not to go, but we really should attend."
}
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"To create in one’s mind; to invent."
],
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],
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"(idiomatic) To create in one’s mind; to invent."
],
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"word": "come up with"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmisljam",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "измислям"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "idear"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "bedenken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "verzinnen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "elpensi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "ideare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "inventare"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "finne på"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wymyślać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "imaginar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridúmyvatʹ",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приду́мывать"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выду́мывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výdumatʹ",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́думать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "imaginar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "hitta på"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyháduvaty",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
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],
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"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
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"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
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{
"text": "I can think up plenty of excuses not to go, but we really should attend."
}
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"To create in one’s mind; to invent."
],
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],
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"(idiomatic) To create in one’s mind; to invent."
],
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}
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}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmisljam",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "измислям"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "idear"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "bedenken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "verzinnen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "elpensi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "ideare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "inventare"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "finne på"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wymyślać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wymyślić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "imaginar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridúmyvatʹ",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приду́мывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridúmatʹ",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приду́мать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vydúmyvatʹ",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выду́мывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výdumatʹ",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́думать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "imaginar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"word": "hitta på"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyháduvaty",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вига́дувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výhadaty",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́гадати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vydúmuvaty",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "виду́мувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výdumaty",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́думати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prydúmuvaty",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "приду́мувати"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prydúmaty",
"sense": "create in one's mind; invent",
"tags": [
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"word": "приду́мати"
}
],
"word": "think up"
}
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