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"pos": "adv",
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"text": "To what end are you spending so much time reading the newspaper?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "They put so much effort into it, but to what end?",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"For what purpose, what for, why."
],
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"what for",
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{
"word": "to what ends"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "minkä vuoksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "mihin tarkoitukseen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "dans quel but"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "pour quoi faire"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "à quelle fin"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "milyen célból"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "miért"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "mi végre"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "mi célból"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "quorsum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "po co"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "k čemú",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "к чему́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "začém",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "заче́м"
}
]
}
],
"word": "to what end"
}
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"pos": "adv",
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"text": "To what end are you spending so much time reading the newspaper?",
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},
{
"text": "They put so much effort into it, but to what end?",
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}
],
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],
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"purpose",
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],
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"what for",
"what for"
],
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"why",
"why"
]
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{
"word": "to what ends"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "minkä vuoksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "mihin tarkoitukseen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "dans quel but"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "pour quoi faire"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "à quelle fin"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "milyen célból"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "miért"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "mi végre"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "mi célból"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "quorsum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "po co"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "k čemú",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "к чему́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "začém",
"sense": "for what purpose",
"word": "заче́м"
}
],
"word": "to what end"
}
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