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"etymology_text": "From the Bible John 8.7 where Jesus tells the accusers of a woman of adultery, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.",
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"text": "2007, March 10, Mr Gingrich, on the impeachment proceedings in 1999. Reported in The Guardian\nI knew I couldn't cast the first stone as I knew I had weaknesses. ... (But) as a leader of the government trying to uphold the rule of law I have no choice but to move forward and say you cannot accept perjury in your highest officials."
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"To act self-righteously in accusing another person, believing oneself to be blameless."
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"(idiomatic) To act self-righteously in accusing another person, believing oneself to be blameless."
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "kaste den første sten"
},
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "werpe de eerste steen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "heittää ensimmäinen kivi"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "jeter la pierre"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "tirar a primeira pedra"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "den ersten Stein werfen"
},
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "elsőként/először vet rá követ"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "atirar a primeira pedra"
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"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "arunca prima piatră"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "tirar la primera piedra"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "kaste den første sten"
},
{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "werpe de eerste steen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "heittää ensimmäinen kivi"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "jeter la pierre"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "tirar a primeira pedra"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "den ersten Stein werfen"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "elsőként/először vet rá követ"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "atirar a primeira pedra"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "arunca prima piatră"
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"sense": "act self-righteously",
"word": "tirar la primera piedra"
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"word": "cast the first stone"
}
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