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"sense": "to remain afloat in water without use of any buoyancy aid",
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"ref": "2009, The Economist, The idea of progress: Onwards and upwards",
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"roman": "yuándì tàbù",
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"word": "ter plaatse trappelen"
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"sense": "to make no progress",
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"roman": "toptátʹsja na méste",
"sense": "to make no progress",
"word": "топта́ться на ме́сте"
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"word": "yerinde saymak"
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"roman": "toptátysʹ na mísci",
"sense": "to make no progress",
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"word": "tread water"
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"word": "pysytellä pinnalla"
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"word": "huitoa vettä"
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"sense": "to remain afloat in water without use of any buoyancy aid",
"word": "Wasser treten"
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"sense": "to remain afloat in water without use of any buoyancy aid",
"word": "stare a galla"
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"sense": "to remain afloat in water without use of any buoyancy aid",
"word": "trampa vatten"
},
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"roman": "yuándì tàbù",
"sense": "to make no progress",
"word": "原地踏步"
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"roman": "wéichí xiànzhuàng",
"sense": "to make no progress",
"word": "维持现状"
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"sense": "to make no progress",
"word": "ter plaatse trappelen"
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"sense": "to make no progress",
"word": "polkea paikallaan"
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"sense": "to make no progress",
"word": "faire du sur place"
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"sense": "to make no progress",
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"word": "auf der Stelle treten"
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"sense": "to make no progress",
"word": "sich im Kreis drehen"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make no progress",
"word": "annaspare"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to make no progress",
"tags": [
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"word": "stać w miejscu"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "toptátʹsja na méste",
"sense": "to make no progress",
"word": "топта́ться на ме́сте"
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"sense": "to make no progress",
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"word": "yerinde saymak"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "toptátysʹ na mísci",
"sense": "to make no progress",
"word": "топта́тись на мі́сці"
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"word": "tread water"
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