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"To cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed."
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"(literally) To cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed."
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
"word": "hoyggja"
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
"word": "tehdä heinää"
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
"word": "Heu machen"
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"ref": "2021 January 27, Christian Wolmar, “Little-used stations”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 46",
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"To take advantage of an opportunity."
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"(idiomatic) To take advantage of an opportunity."
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"sense": "to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "die Gelegenheit beim Schopf ergreifen"
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"word": "fare cassa"
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
"word": "tehdä heinää"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
"word": "faner"
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
"word": "faire les foins"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
"word": "Heu machen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
"word": "far fieno"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
"tags": [
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"word": "kosić trawę"
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"word": "far fagn"
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to cut grass to turn into hay",
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"sense": "to take advantage of an opportunity",
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"word": "profilieren"
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"sense": "to take advantage of an opportunity",
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"word": "beweisen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to take advantage of an opportunity",
"tags": [
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"word": "hervortun"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "die Gelegenheit beim Schopf ergreifen"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to take advantage of an opportunity",
"word": "fare cassa"
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