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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "盛装打扮"
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "op zijn paasbest"
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "sur son trente et un"
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"word": "tiré à quatre épingles"
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "kicsípi magát"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "vel til fara"
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "air èideadh gu spaideil"
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "de punta en blanco"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "hecho un brazo de mar"
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"word": "riletchî come on vea k' a deus meres"
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "盛装打扮"
},
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "op zijn paasbest"
},
{
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "viimeisen päälle"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "pukeutuneena"
},
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "sur son trente et un"
},
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "tiré à quatre épingles"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "kicsípi magát"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "vel til fara"
},
{
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "vestito di tutto punto"
},
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "разодетый в пух и прах"
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"roman": "rasfufyrennyj",
"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "расфуфыренный"
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"roman": "odetyj s igoločki",
"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "одетый с иголочки"
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "air èideadh gu spaideil"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "de punta en blanco"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "hecho un brazo de mar"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "de tiros largos"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "de oro y azul"
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"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "riletchî come on vea k' a deus meres"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "very fancily or formally dressed",
"word": "so s' cwarante-set"
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"word": "dressed to the nines"
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