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"word": "tiheäpiikkinen kampa"
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"word": "comb over"
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"word": "leave no stone unturned"
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"word": "turn upside down"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to comb or go through (hair, an animal’s fur, etc.) with a comb having fine, closely spaced teeth",
"word": "kammata tiheällä kammalla"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "onder de loep nemen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "haravoida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "käydä läpi tiheällä kammalla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "tutkia läpikotaisin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "passer au crible"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "passer au peigne fin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "ratisser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "unter die Lupe nehmen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chtenízo",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "χτενίζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "tűvé tesz"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "fínkemba"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "scag go mion"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pročósyvatʹ",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "прочёсывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pročesátʹ",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "прочеса́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "desmenuzar"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to search (something or somewhere) meticulously",
"word": "finkamma"
}
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"word": "fine-tooth comb"
}
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