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"ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58",
"text": "He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848.",
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"word": "pedra fundamental"
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"roman": "krajeugólʹnyj kámenʹ",
"sense": "stone laid during construction",
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"(figurative) The basis of something."
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"masculine"
],
"word": "крайъгълен камък"
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"sense": "stone laid during construction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אֶבֶן יְסוֹד"
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"sense": "stone laid during construction",
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"word": "אֶבֶן פִּנָּה"
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"sense": "stone laid during construction",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "pedra fundamental"
},
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"sense": "stone laid during construction",
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],
"word": "краеуго́льный ка́мень"
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