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"form": "legal",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "more legal",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most legal",
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"superlative"
]
}
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"senses": [
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"word": "illegal"
}
],
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{
"text": "In Canada, it is perfectly legal for a woman to walk down the street with no shirt on."
}
],
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"If an activity is legal it does not break any laws."
],
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},
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}
],
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{
"text": "After losing the court case, he had to pay over $30,000 in legal fees."
},
{
"text": "The government brought legal action against three cigarette makers."
}
],
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"A legal problem, action, fee, etc. is related to the law or lawyers."
],
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"usually before a noun"
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}
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"ipa": "/liːɡl/",
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"UK"
]
},
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"audio": "en-us-legal.ogg",
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}
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"form": "legal",
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"positive"
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{
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"superlative"
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"text": "In Canada, it is perfectly legal for a woman to walk down the street with no shirt on."
}
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"If an activity is legal it does not break any laws."
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"categories": [
"Attributive modifiers"
],
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{
"text": "After losing the court case, he had to pay over $30,000 in legal fees."
},
{
"text": "The government brought legal action against three cigarette makers."
}
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"A legal problem, action, fee, etc. is related to the law or lawyers."
],
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{
"ipa": "/liːɡl/",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "legal"
}
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