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"ref": "1986, Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)",
"text": "Seymour: Audrey, quick! We've got to do an emergency [flower] arrangement.\n[…]\nMr. Mushnik: The Shivas are our most important funereal account. A big, enormous family, they're dropping off like flies!"
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"ref": "2017, Stray From The Path (lyrics and music), “Good Night Alt-Right”",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "putoilla kuin kärpäsiä"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "tomber comme des mouches"
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"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "wie die Fliegen fallen"
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"word": "jatuh seperti lalat"
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"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "cair como moscas"
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"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "cadeă ca muștele"
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"roman": "doxnutʹ kak muxi",
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"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "caer como moscas"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "sinek gibi düşmek"
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},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "putoilla kuin kärpäsiä"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "tomber comme des mouches"
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"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "wie die Fliegen fallen"
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"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "jatuh seperti lalat"
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"sense": "die en masse",
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"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "cair como moscas"
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"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "cadeă ca muștele"
},
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"roman": "doxnutʹ kak muxi",
"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "дохнуть как мухи"
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"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "caer como moscas"
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"sense": "die en masse",
"word": "sinek gibi düşmek"
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