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"To await the course of events before taking action."
],
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"(intransitive) To await the course of events before taking action."
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "放長雙眼"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fong³ coeng⁴ soeng¹ ngaan⁵",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "放长双眼"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "seurata tilannetta"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "abwarten und Tee trinken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "abwarten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "aussitzen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "stare a vedere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "przekonać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "doczekiwać"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"tags": [
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"word": "doczekać"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "aguardar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "dejar pasar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "vänta och se"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "avvakta"
}
]
}
],
"word": "wait and see"
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],
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],
"tags": [
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"translations": [
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "放長雙眼"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fong³ coeng⁴ soeng¹ ngaan⁵",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "放长双眼"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "seurata tilannetta"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "abwarten und Tee trinken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "abwarten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "aussitzen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "stare a vedere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to await the course of events",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "przekonać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "doczekiwać"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "doczekać"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "aguardar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "dejar pasar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "vänta och se"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to await the course of events",
"word": "avvakta"
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"word": "wait and see"
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