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"text": "Being a dentist isn't so glamorous, but it pays the bills."
}
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"To provide enough income to sustain one's lifestyle."
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"(idiomatic, of a job) To provide enough income to sustain one's lifestyle."
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"word": "meal ticket"
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"word": "pecunia non olet"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "維持生活"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wéichí shēnghuó",
"sense": "provide enough income",
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"sense": "provide enough income",
"tags": [
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"word": "當飯吃"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dāng fàn chī",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "当饭吃"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "rekeningen betalen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "tuoda voita leivän päälle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "payer les factures"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "die Rechnungen bezahlen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "meg lehet élni belőle"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "ki lehet jönni belőle"
},
{
"alt": "かんじょうをしはらう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanjō o shiharau",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "勘定を支払う"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"tags": [
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"word": "płacić rachunki"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "pagar as contas"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "platítʹ po sčetám",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "плати́ть по счета́м"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "pagar las cuentas"
}
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "維持生活"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wéichí shēnghuó",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "维持生活"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "當飯吃"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dāng fàn chī",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "当饭吃"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "rekeningen betalen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "tuoda voita leivän päälle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "payer les factures"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "die Rechnungen bezahlen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "meg lehet élni belőle"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "ki lehet jönni belőle"
},
{
"alt": "かんじょうをしはらう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanjō o shiharau",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "勘定を支払う"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "płacić rachunki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "pagar as contas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "platítʹ po sčetám",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "плати́ть по счета́м"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "provide enough income",
"word": "pagar las cuentas"
}
],
"word": "pay the bills"
}
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