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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "marejar la perdiu"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "höpöttää"
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"word": "jaaritella"
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"word": "parler pour ne rien dire"
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"word": "ρίχνω στάχτη στα μάτια"
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"note": "आँख में धूल झोंकना (to deceive, literally “shove dust/smoke in eyes”)",
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"code": "hi",
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"note": "चूना लगाना (cūnā lagānā, literally “apply lime (material)”)",
"sense": "idiomatic"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "гнать пургу́ (gnatʹ purgú, literally “drive the blizzard”)",
"sense": "idiomatic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "поро́ть чепуху́ (porótʹ čepuxú, literally “flog the nonsense”)",
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"word": "marejar la perdiu"
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"word": "höpöttää"
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "puhua joutavia"
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"word": "parler pour ne rien dire"
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"code": "hi",
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"note": "आँख में धूल झोंकना (to deceive, literally “shove dust/smoke in eyes”)",
"sense": "idiomatic"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "चूना लगाना (cūnā lagānā, literally “apply lime (material)”)",
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"code": "ru",
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"note": "гнать пургу́ (gnatʹ purgú, literally “drive the blizzard”)",
"sense": "idiomatic"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "поро́ть чепуху́ (porótʹ čepuxú, literally “flog the nonsense”)",
"sense": "idiomatic"
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"word": "blow smoke"
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