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"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "piejar"
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"ref": "2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian, London",
"text": "Since Rupert Murdoch famously bet the farm on Premier League football to rescue Sky TV in 1991, it has been the catnip that has underpinned subscriber loyalty and, even in a far more complicated media landscape, is seen as so vital as to be worth almost any price.",
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"sense": "To give support to",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "podpiram",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "подпирам"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "ukrepvam",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "укрепвам"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "podepřít"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "funderen"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "schragen"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "tukea"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "pönkittää"
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{
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"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "étayer"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "untermauern"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "stützen"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "sostenere"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "sorreggere"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "piejar"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "estançonar"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "podtrzymywać"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "ukrepljatʹ",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "укреплять"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usilivatʹ",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "усиливать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "apuntalar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "sustentar"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "stödja"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "To support from below with props or masonry",
"word": "stötta"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "poddǎržam",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "поддържам"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "支撐"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhīchēng",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "支撑"
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"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "ondersteunen"
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"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "dragen"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"word": "schragen"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "tukea"
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{
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"word": "pönkittää"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "étayer"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "supporter"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "soutenir"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "unterstützen"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "stützen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "untermauern"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "sostenere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "sorreggere"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "informare"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "apevar"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "podtrzymywać"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poddérživatʹ",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "подде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "respaldar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "sustentar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "stödja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To give support to",
"word": "stötta"
}
],
"word": "underpin"
}
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