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"ref": "1884, Edward Payson Roe, chapter 59, in Nature's Serial Story",
"text": "[H]e could scarcely believe his eyes as she appeared on the floor unsurpassed in beauty and grace, her favor sought by all. Was that the simple girl who […] had leaned against his shoulder?",
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"ref": "1914, Zane Grey, chapter 3, in Light of the Western Stars",
"text": "She was so amazed at the change in him that she could not believe her eyes.",
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"ref": "2004 July 5, “Charisteas: We are the Best in Europe”, in Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria, retrieved 2013-08-27",
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"To believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case."
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"(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case."
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
"word": "uskoa silmiään"
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"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
"word": "en croire ses yeux"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
"word": "hisz a szemének"
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"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
"word": "tro sine egne øyne"
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"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
"word": "wierzyć własnym oczom"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
"word": "dar crédito"
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"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
"word": "uskoa silmiään"
},
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"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
"word": "en croire ses yeux"
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"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
"word": "hisz a szemének"
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"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
"word": "tro sine egne øyne"
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"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
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"sense": "to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case",
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