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"(idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another."
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"sense": "someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another",
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"sense": "someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another",
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"sense": "someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another",
"word": "evenbeeld"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another",
"tags": [
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"sense": "someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another",
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"word": "そっくり様"
},
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"sense": "someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another",
"word": "cara de um, focinho do outro"
},
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"sense": "someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another",
"word": "cuspido e escarrado"
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"sense": "someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another",
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"sense": "someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another",
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"word": "двойни́к"
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