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"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "dir molt"
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"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "boekdelen spreken"
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"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "kertoa paljon"
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"word": "en dire long"
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"word": "vouloir tout dire"
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"word": "Bände sprechen"
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"word": "viel besagen"
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"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "dirla lunga"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "dir molt"
},
{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "boekdelen spreken"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "kertoa paljon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "en dire long"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "vouloir tout dire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "Bände sprechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "viel besagen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "dirla lunga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "dizer mundos"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "dizer muito"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"tags": [
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"word": "dizer imenso"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to convey significant information beyond what is explicit",
"word": "decir mucho"
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"word": "speak volumes"
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