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"ref": "1917, Henry Handel Richardson, chapter III, in Australia Felix, part III",
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"ref": "1994, Roy F. Baumeister, Sara R. Wotman, Breaking Hearts: The Two Sides of Unrequited Love, page 72",
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"word": "cabeza nas nubes"
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"word": "fellegekben jár"
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"sense": "having fantastic or impractical dreams",
"word": "avere la testa tra le nuvole"
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"sense": "having fantastic or impractical dreams",
"word": "cu capul în nori"
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