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"ref": "1960 March 29, “Slim waists prompted new sportswear line”, in The New York Times, page 44",
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "colló de mico"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "天價"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "een rib uit het lijf"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "maksaa mansikoita"
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"word": "borsos ár"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "a gatyája is rámegy"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "occhio della testa"
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"code": "lb",
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"word": "olho da cara"
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"roman": "stóitʹ céloje sostojánije",
"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "сто́ить це́лое состоя́ние"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "colló de mico"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "天價"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "昂貴"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
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"word": "det hvide ud af øjnene"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "een rib uit het lijf"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "maksaa mansikoita"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
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"word": "coûter la peau du cul"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
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"word": "ein Vermögen kosten"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
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"word": "Kopf und Kragen kosten"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "borsos ár"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "a gatyája is rámegy"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "occhio della testa"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "d'Aen aus dem Kapp kaschten"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "kosztować majątek"
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"sense": "exorbitant amount",
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"word": "olho da cara"
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"roman": "stóitʹ céloje sostojánije",
"sense": "exorbitant amount",
"word": "сто́ить це́лое состоя́ние"
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"word": "ojo de la cara"
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