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"ref": "1876, Wilkie Collins, chapter 9, in The Two Destinies",
"text": "I'll take another glass of the sherry wine, just to wet my whistle, as the vulgar saying is, before I begin.",
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"To have a drink; to quench one's thirst."
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"(idiomatic) To have a drink; to quench one's thirst."
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"word": "wet one's beak"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kokordə tʿrǰel",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "կոկորդը թրջել"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rùnhóu",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "润喉"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiěkě",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "解渴"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"tags": [
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"word": "svlažit volátko"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "kostuttaa kurkkuaan"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "sich die Kehle befeuchten"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "væta kverkarnar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "do phíobán a fhliuchadh"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nodo o uruosu",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "喉を潤す"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"tags": [
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"word": "napić się"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "molhar a garganta"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "promočitʹ górlo",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "промочить го́рло"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "mojar el gaznate"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kokordə tʿrǰel",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "կոկորդը թրջել"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rùnhóu",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "润喉"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiěkě",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "解渴"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "svlažit volátko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "kostuttaa kurkkuaan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "sich die Kehle befeuchten"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "væta kverkarnar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "do phíobán a fhliuchadh"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nodo o uruosu",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "喉を潤す"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "napić się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "molhar a garganta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "promočitʹ górlo",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "промочить го́рло"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to have a drink",
"word": "mojar el gaznate"
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"word": "wet one's whistle"
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