"there was" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ðɛɹ wəz\, \ðɛə wəz\
  1. Singulier du passé de there be. Form of: there be
    Sense id: fr-there_was-en-verb-yAfNttKR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Formes de locutions verbales en anglais, Anglais
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
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  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "There be se conjugue selon le temps et selon le nombre du premier syntagme nominal introduit.\n:* There were kids.\n:* There was a swing and a seesaw."
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        "Singulier du passé de there be."
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      "ipa": "\\ðɛɹ wəz\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ðɛə wəz\\"
    }
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  "lang": "Anglais",
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    "There be se conjugue selon le temps et selon le nombre du premier syntagme nominal introduit.\n:* There were kids.\n:* There was a swing and a seesaw."
  ],
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  "pos_title": "Forme de locution verbale",
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    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "there be"
        }
      ],
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        "Singulier du passé de there be."
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "\\ðɛɹ wəz\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ðɛə wəz\\"
    }
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  ],
  "word": "there was"
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