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"_dis1": "3 97",
"word": "boots on the ground"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎotàshídì",
"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "脚踏实地"
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "pitää jalat maassa"
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "avoir les pieds sur terre"
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "fest auf der Erde stehen"
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "auf eigenen Füßen stehen"
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "hafa jarðsamband"
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"word": "piedi per terra"
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"word": "but see stąpać twardo po ziemi"
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "pés na terra"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "tvjórdo stojátʹ na nogáx",
"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "твёрдо стоя́ть на нога́х"
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"word": "ha fötterna på jorden"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎotàshídì",
"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "脚踏实地"
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "met beide voeten op de grond blijven"
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "pitää jalat maassa"
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "avoir les pieds sur terre"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "fest auf der Erde stehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "auf eigenen Füßen stehen"
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "hafa jarðsamband"
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "piedi per terra"
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"note": "no equivalent term in Polish",
"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\""
},
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"tags": [
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"word": "but see stąpać twardo po ziemi"
},
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "pés na terra"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tvjórdo stojátʹ na nogáx",
"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "твёрдо стоя́ть на нога́х"
},
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "translations for \"have one's feet on the ground\"",
"word": "ha fötterna på jorden"
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