See terra firma on Wiktionary
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"word": "tierra firme"
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"english": "The cat Trassel, who was stuck in a pine tree in Finspång for eight days without water or food, and which Östnytt told about in Thursday's broadcasts, is now down on Terra Firma again.",
"ref": "2011 September 29, “Finspång – Trassel på fast mark igen [Finspång – Trassel on solid ground again]”, in SVT Nyheter:",
"text": "Katten Trassel, som suttit fast i en talltopp i Finspång i åtta dygn utan vatten och mat, och som Östnytt berättade om i torsdagens sädningar, är nu är nere på Terra Firma igen.",
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"english": "Once on terra firma, the eel is placed on the ground and allowed to be perforated by the sharp bird's beak.",
"ref": "1987 August 17, Dagens Nyheter:",
"text": "Väl på terra firma läggs ålen på marken och får finna sig i att bli perforerad av den vassa fågelnäbben.",
"translation": "Once on terra firma, the eel is placed on the ground and allowed to be perforated by the sharp bird's beak.",
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"english": "The towering Vermlander did a somersault that would have aroused the envy of an orangutan and, after he was back on terra firma, set out in the wildest fashion, without looking back, leaving both rifle and cartridge magazine behind as spoils of war.",
"ref": "1889, Fredrik Pereswetoff-Morath, Kadettminnen från det gamla Carlberg, page 105:",
"text": "Den reslige Vermlänningen gjorde ett saltomortale, som skulle uppväckt en orangutangs afund och gaf sig, sedan han åter hamnat på terra firma, utaf i det vildaste sken, utan att se sig tillbaka, lemnande både gevär och patronkök efter sig som krigsbyte.",
"translation": "The towering Vermlander did a somersault that would have aroused the envy of an orangutan and, after he was back on terra firma, set out in the wildest fashion, without looking back, leaving both rifle and cartridge magazine behind as spoils of war.",
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"english": "On the 3rd day, when particule solide were separated from fluid, Then first appeared terra firma, and also seas and rivers.",
"ref": "1775 November 3, Petr. Wetterberg, “Enfaldige Anmärkningar öfver Prof-öfwerſättningen af Förſta Moſis-Bok [Simple Notes on the Professional Translation of Genesis]”, in Götheborgs Allehanda, page 4:",
"text": "På 3:dje dagen, då particule ſolidæ blefwo ſkilde från fluidis, Då förſt upkom terra firma, och tillika Haf och Floder.",
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