See bright and early on Wiktionary
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"text": "And this morning, bright and early, the beak parted him from ten quid.",
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"text": "Bright and early on Monday, Elon Musk sent the government a surprising new document. In it, the world's wealthiest man laid out his possible intentions towards Twitter, in which he has amassed a 9.2 percent stake, underlining how drastically his position had changed from a week ago.",
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"(Very) early in the morning."
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"(idiomatic, originally US) (Very) early in the morning."
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"word": "early bird"
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{
"word": "early riser"
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{
"word": "early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise"
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"word": "the early bird catches the worm"
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"word": "the early bird gets the worm"
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"word": "get up early"
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"word": "at the break of dawn"
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"word": "at the crack of dawn"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "voor dag en dauw"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "aikaisin aamulla"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "à l’aube"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "à l’heure du laitier"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "au chant du coq"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "au petit matin"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "aux aurores"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "de bon matin"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "de bonne heure"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "de grand matin"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "in aller Frühe"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proḯ proḯ",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "πρωί πρωί"
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"roman": "tsutoni",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ráno náutro",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "ра́но на́утро"
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"roman": "izútrina",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "изу́трина"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "białym świtem"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "bladym świtem"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "cedinho"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "de mañana"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "tempranito"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "i ottan"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "i arla morgonstund"
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"code": "sv",
"english": "be up bright and early",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "vara uppe med tuppen"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "ben bore"
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"text": "Bright and early on Monday, Elon Musk sent the government a surprising new document. In it, the world's wealthiest man laid out his possible intentions towards Twitter, in which he has amassed a 9.2 percent stake, underlining how drastically his position had changed from a week ago.",
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "voor dag en dauw"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "aikaisin aamulla"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "à l’aube"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "à l’heure du laitier"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "au chant du coq"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "au petit matin"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "aux aurores"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "de bon matin"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "de bonne heure"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "in aller Frühe"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "proḯ proḯ",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "πρωί πρωί"
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "夙に"
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"roman": "ráno náutro",
"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "ра́но на́утро"
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "изу́трина"
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "białym świtem"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "cedinho"
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "de mañana"
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "i ottan"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "i arla morgonstund"
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
"word": "vara uppe med tuppen"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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