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"word": "not give a tinker's damn"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "ei voisi vähempää kiinnostaa"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "vähät välittää"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "n’en avoir rien à foutre"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "tanto me ten"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "auf etwas pfeifen"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "nicht um etwas / jemanden scheren"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "einen Dreck kümmern"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "den mou kaígetai karfí",
"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "δεν μου καίγεται καρφί"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "fregarsene"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "non me ne può fregar di meno"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "fottersene"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "koza ke no me inche"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "blåse i (noe)"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "mieć gdzieś"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "traer sin cuidado"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "traer al fresco"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "traer al pairo"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "strunta i (något)"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "tanto me ten"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "tanto me dá"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "auf etwas pfeifen"
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"word": "nicht um etwas / jemanden scheren"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "einen Dreck kümmern"
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"roman": "den mou kaígetai karfí",
"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "δεν μου καίγεται καρφί"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "fregarsene"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "non me ne può fregar di meno"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "koza ke no me inche"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "blåse i (noe)"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "mieć gdzieś"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "traer sin cuidado"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "traer al fresco"
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"sense": "to lack interest",
"word": "strunta i (något)"
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