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"text": "I wouldn't trade you away for all the tea in China."
},
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"ref": "1986, William Shatner, Catherine Hicks, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Paramount Pictures, OCLC 908545353, 1:07:18 from the start",
"text": "KIRK: Ha, ha, ha. Okay, the truth. I am from what, on your calendar, would be the late twenty-third century. I've come back in time to bring two humpback whales with me in an attempt to repopulate the species.\nGILLIAN: Well, why didn't you just say so? I mean, why all the coy disguises?\nKIRK: You want the details?\nGILLIAN: Oh! I wouldn't miss this for all the tea in China.",
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"word": "all the gold in Fort Knox"
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"word": "all the money in the world"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "voor niks ter wereld"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "kaikki maailman rikkaudet"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "tout l'or du monde"
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"word": "pour rien au monde"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "alles in der Welt"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "alle Reichtümer dieser Erde"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "ólo to chrysáfi tou kósmou",
"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "όλο το χρυσάφι του κόσμου"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "a világ minden kincséért"
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"code": "it",
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"word": "tutto l'oro del mondo"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za Chiny ludowe"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za Chiny"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za chińskiego boga"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za żadne skarby świata"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "za żadne skarby"
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"word": "za skarby świata"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za nic na świecie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za żadną cenę"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za żadne pieniądze"
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
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"word": "todo o ouro do mundo"
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"code": "ru",
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"note": "only in negative",
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "ни за каки́е коври́жки"
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"feminine"
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"word": "gade d’ ôr"
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "voor niks ter wereld"
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
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"word": "tout l'or du monde"
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"word": "pour rien au monde"
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "alles in der Welt"
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "alle Reichtümer dieser Erde"
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "όλο το χρυσάφι του κόσμου"
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "a világ minden kincséért"
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
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"word": "za żadne skarby świata"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za żadne skarby"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za skarby świata"
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za nic na świecie"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za żadną cenę"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "za żadne pieniądze"
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
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"word": "todo o ouro do mundo"
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"sense": "something priceless or invaluable",
"word": "ни за каки́е коври́жки"
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