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"etymology_texts": [
"Composé de beat (« battre »), about (« autour ») et bush (« buisson »)."
],
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{
"form": "to beat about the bush",
"ipas": [
"\\biːt əˈbɑʊt ðə bʊʃ\\"
],
"tags": [
"infinitive"
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},
{
"form": "beats about the bush",
"ipas": [
"\\biːts əˈbɑʊt ðə bʊʃ\\"
],
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"present",
"third-person",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "beat about the bush ou beaten about the bush",
"ipas": [
"\\biːt əˈbɑʊt ðə bʊʃ\\",
"\\biːtən əˈbɑʊt ðə bʊʃ\\"
],
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"participle",
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},
{
"form": "beating about the bush",
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"\\biːtiŋ əˈbɑʊt ðə bʊʃ\\"
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "beat around the bush"
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"glosses": [
"Tourner autour du pot."
],
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}
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"ipa": "\\biːt əˈbɑʊt ðə bʊʃ\\"
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"Composé de beat (« battre »), about (« autour ») et bush (« buisson »)."
],
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"form": "to beat about the bush",
"ipas": [
"\\biːt əˈbɑʊt ðə bʊʃ\\"
],
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"infinitive"
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},
{
"form": "beats about the bush",
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"\\biːts əˈbɑʊt ðə bʊʃ\\"
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},
{
"form": "beat about the bush ou beaten about the bush",
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"\\biːt əˈbɑʊt ðə bʊʃ\\",
"\\biːtən əˈbɑʊt ðə bʊʃ\\"
],
"tags": [
"participle",
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},
{
"form": "beating about the bush",
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"\\biːtiŋ əˈbɑʊt ðə bʊʃ\\"
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