"from cover to cover" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} from cover to cover (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) From the first page (of a book) all the way to the last page. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Translations (from the first page to the last page): van kaft tot kaft (Dutch), van voor tot achter (Dutch), tralegi (english: to read from cover to cover) (Esperanto), trae (Esperanto), elejétől a végéig (Hungarian), spjaldanna á milli (Icelandic), da cima a fondo (Italian), 완독(完讀)하다 (wandokhada) (note: verb meaning "to read from cover to cover") (Korean), od dechy do dechy (Polish), od deski do deski (Polish), de cabo a rabo (Portuguese), от корки до корки (ot korki do korki) (Russian), od korica do korica (Serbo-Croatian), från pärm till pärm (Swedish), baştan sona (Turkish)

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          "sense": "from the first page to the last page",
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        },
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "from the first page to the last page",
          "word": "od dechy do dechy"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "from the first page to the last page",
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          "sense": "from the first page to the last page",
          "word": "de cabo a rabo"
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          "sense": "from the first page to the last page",
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          "word": "från pärm till pärm"
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    },
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    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "from the first page to the last page",
      "word": "od deski do deski"
    },
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      "sense": "from the first page to the last page",
      "word": "de cabo a rabo"
    },
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      "sense": "from the first page to the last page",
      "word": "от корки до корки"
    },
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      "sense": "from the first page to the last page",
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      "sense": "from the first page to the last page",
      "word": "från pärm till pärm"
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      "word": "baştan sona"
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