on the alert in Inglés

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  "etymology_text": "on + the + alert.",
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    "pronunciación": "falta agregar"
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  "lang": "Inglés",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "H. G. Wells. The Time Machine. Página 16. Editorial: Airmont Publishing Co. 1964.ª ed, Nueva York, 1895. ISBN: 0804900442.",
          "text": "We were all on the alert. It appears incredible to me that any kind of trick, however subtly conceived and however adroitly done, could have been played upon us under these conditions."
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        "Sobre aviso."
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    "EN:Adverbios",
    "EN:Palabras sin transcripción fonética",
    "Inglés"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "on + the + alert.",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "pronunciación": "falta agregar"
  },
  "lang": "Inglés",
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  "pos": "adv",
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"on the alert" meaning in Inglés

Adverb