See neck of the woods on Wiktionary
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"A local neighbourhood or region."
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"(idiomatic) A local neighbourhood or region."
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"note": "in my neck of the woods",
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"word": "þar sem ég bý"
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"word": "þar sem ég er upprunninn"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "méri",
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],
"word": "μέρη"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "a local neighbourhood or region",
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"word": "περιοχή"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "a local neighbourhood or region",
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"word": "γειτονιά"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a local neighbourhood or region",
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"word": "hérað"
},
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"code": "is",
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"word": "slóðir"
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"code": "is",
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"note": "in my neck of the woods",
"sense": "a local neighbourhood or region",
"word": "þar sem ég bý"
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"code": "is",
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"word": "þar sem ég er upprunninn"
},
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"note": "in this neck of the woods",
"sense": "a local neighbourhood or region",
"word": "hér um slóðir"
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"word": "края"
}
],
"word": "neck of the woods"
}
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