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"text": "We went out for dinner and dancing and the icing on the cake was when my boyfriend proposed to me as we danced.",
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"text": "“I'm happy right now. I don't need to test-drive a bunch of lemons to get me there. But happily ever after? That's a trip worth taking. The pièce de résistance. The crème de la crème. The—” “The icing on the cake,” Dana said. Michelle raised her glass in a toast. “Exactly.”",
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"roman": "jǐnshàngtiānhuā",
"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"word": "锦上添花"
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"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
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"note": "הדובדבן שבקצפת m (haduvdeván shebakatséfet, literally “the cherry that's in the whipped cream”)",
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"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"word": "锦上添花"
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"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"word": "sokerina pohjalla"
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"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
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"word": "cerise sur le gâteau"
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"word": "die Krönung"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"note": "הדובדבן שבקצפת m (haduvdeván shebakatséfet, literally “the cherry that's in the whipped cream”)",
"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"word": "hab a tortán"
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"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"tags": [
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"word": "rúsínan í pylsuendanum"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"tags": [
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"word": "an dlaíóg mhullaigh"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"tags": [
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"word": "la ciliegina sulla torta"
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"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"word": "prikken over i'en"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"tags": [
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"word": "wisienka na torcie"
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"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"tags": [
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"word": "a cereja no topo do bolo"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"word": "cireașa de pe tort"
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"lang": "Russian",
"note": "ви́шенка на то́рте f (víšenka na tórte, literally “the cherry on the cake”)",
"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else"
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"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
"tags": [
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"word": "la guinda del pastel"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
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"word": "grädde på moset"
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"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else",
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"word": "pricken över i"
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"code": "uk",
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"note": "ви́шенька на то́рті f (výšenʹka na tórti, literally “the cherry on the cake”)",
"sense": "something that intensifies the appreciation of something else"
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