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"text": "The professor is well-meaning enough, but he usually ruins things one way or another.",
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"ref": "2012 March 15, Scott Tobias, “The Kid With A Bike [Review]”, in AV Club",
"text": "In the first scene, he bites the arm of a well-meaning counselor at the group home and dashes out of the building, all in a vain attempt to locate the father who abandoned him.",
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"With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dobroželatelen",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "доброжелателен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "s dobrými úmysly"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "goedbedoeld"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "bonintenca"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "hyväntahtoinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "hyvää tarkoittava"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "bien intentionné"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "gutmeinender"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "gutwillig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "gut gemeint"
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "euphronéōn",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "εὐφρονέων"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "jóakaratú"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "jóhiszemű"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "jóindulatú"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "jó szándékú"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "bonintenca"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "benintenzionato"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "velmenende"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "o dobrych intencjach"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "bem-intencionado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "bienintencionado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "välmenande"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "välment"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "mit gute kavones",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "מיט גוטע כּוונות"
}
]
}
],
"word": "well-meaning"
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"ref": "2012 March 15, Scott Tobias, “The Kid With A Bike [Review]”, in AV Club",
"text": "In the first scene, he bites the arm of a well-meaning counselor at the group home and dashes out of the building, all in a vain attempt to locate the father who abandoned him.",
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],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dobroželatelen",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "доброжелателен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "s dobrými úmysly"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "goedbedoeld"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "bonintenca"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "hyväntahtoinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "hyvää tarkoittava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "bien intentionné"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "gutmeinender"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "gutwillig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "gut gemeint"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "euphronéōn",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "εὐφρονέων"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "jóakaratú"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "jóhiszemű"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "jóindulatú"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "jó szándékú"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "bonintenca"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "benintenzionato"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "velmenende"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "o dobrych intencjach"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "bem-intencionado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "bienintencionado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "välmenande"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "välment"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "mit gute kavones",
"sense": "with good intentions",
"word": "מיט גוטע כּוונות"
}
],
"word": "well-meaning"
}
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