"what for" meaning in Anglais

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  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "What for est un synonyme de why, mais il est plus fort et sous-entend que l'interlocuteur pourrait ne pas avoir de raison valable."
  ],
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Adverbe interrogatif",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Tell me what for."
        },
        {
          "text": "You say you want it done, but I still don't know what for."
        },
        {
          "text": "Do it now! -- What for?"
        },
        {
          "text": "I don't know what they're doing all this for."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pourquoi, dans quel but, pour quoi faire."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "why"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "how come"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "interrogative"
  ],
  "word": "what for"
}

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions nominales en anglais",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't tell me what for! I'll give you a what for."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm tired of your what fors, and your how comes."
        }
      ],
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        "Pourquoi."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "why"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "how come"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "plural"
  ],
  "word": "what for"
}

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    "anglais"
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "What for est un synonyme de why, mais il est plus fort et sous-entend que l'interlocuteur pourrait ne pas avoir de raison valable."
  ],
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Adverbe interrogatif",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
        "Termes familiers en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Tell me what for."
        },
        {
          "text": "You say you want it done, but I still don't know what for."
        },
        {
          "text": "Do it now! -- What for?"
        },
        {
          "text": "I don't know what they're doing all this for."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pourquoi, dans quel but, pour quoi faire."
      ],
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        "familiar"
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    {
      "word": "why"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "how come"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "interrogative"
  ],
  "word": "what for"
}

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    "anglais"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Don't tell me what for! I'll give you a what for."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm tired of your what fors, and your how comes."
        }
      ],
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        "Pourquoi."
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "familiar"
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    {
      "word": "why"
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      "word": "how come"
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  ],
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  ],
  "word": "what for"
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