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"text": "There is nothing quite like the affection of a transplanted New Yorker for his native concrete jungle.",
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"ref": "2007 October 29, “Spain aims to restore overdeveloped coastlines to a more natural look”, in International Herald Tribune",
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"(idiomatic) An urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe."
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sek⁶ si² sam¹ lam⁴",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "石屎森林"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "水泥叢林"
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"roman": "shuǐní cónglín",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "水泥丛林"
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"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "betoniviidakko"
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"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "betonierämaa"
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"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "betonihelvetti"
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"roman": "tsimentoúpoli",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "τσιμεντούπολη"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "betondzsungel"
},
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "giungla d'asfalto"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
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"word": "giungla di cemento"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "betonowa dżungla"
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"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
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"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "selva de pedra"
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"roman": "kámennyje džúngli",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
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"word": "ка́менные джу́нгли"
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"word": "ป่าคอนกรีต"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sek⁶ si² sam¹ lam⁴",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "石屎森林"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "水泥叢林"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuǐní cónglín",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "水泥丛林"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuǐní sēnlín",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "水泥森林"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "betoniviidakko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "betonierämaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "betonihelvetti"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "tsimentoúpoli",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "τσιμεντούπολη"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "betondzsungel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "giungla d'asfalto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "giungla di cemento"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "betonowa dżungla"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selva de concreto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selva de pedra"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kámennyje džúngli",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ка́менные джу́нгли"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "betongdjungel"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpàa-kɔn-grìit",
"sense": "unattractive urban area due to lack of greenery",
"word": "ป่าคอนกรีต"
}
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"word": "concrete jungle"
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