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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "no tener dos dedos de frente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "más bruto que un arado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "más simple que el mecanismo de un botijo"
}
],
"word": "thick as a plank"
}
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