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"ref": "2009, Patricia Shaw, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 107",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "花一大筆錢"
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"roman": "huā yīdàbǐqián",
"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "花一大笔钱"
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "maksaa maltaita"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "maksaa mansikoita"
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"word": "coûter une blinde"
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"word": "coûter la peau du cul"
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"word": "coûter un bras"
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "egy vagyonba kerül"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "costare un occhio della testa"
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"roman": "vletétʹ v kopéječku",
"sense": "be a huge expense",
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"word": "влете́ть в копе́ечку"
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"word": "kosta skjortan"
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "花一大筆錢"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "花一大笔钱"
},
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "maksaa maltaita"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "maksaa mansikoita"
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"word": "coûter la peau du dos"
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"word": "coûter la peau du cul"
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
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"word": "coûter un bras"
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "egy vagyonba kerül"
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "costare un occhio della testa"
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
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"word": "влете́ть в копе́ечку"
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
"tags": [
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"word": "уда́рить по карма́ну"
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"sense": "be a huge expense",
"word": "kosta skjortan"
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"word": "cost the earth"
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