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"ref": "2013, Clutch (lyrics and music), “Book, Saddle, & Go”",
"text": "Pinkerton man, murdering bastard / I’m gonna get even, get even with you",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "算帳"
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"sense": "get revenge",
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"word": "rendre la monnaie de sa pièce"
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"sense": "get revenge",
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"sense": "get revenge",
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"sense": "get revenge",
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},
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"sense": "get revenge",
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"roman": "kít-ban-chii",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "คิดบัญชี"
},
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"roman": "chék-bin",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "เช็กบิล"
},
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "ödeşmek"
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"text": "Pinkerton man, murdering bastard / I’m gonna get even, get even with you",
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"To inflict trouble or harm on another, especially similar to that inflicted on oneself."
],
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],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "算帳"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suànzhàng",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "算帐"
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"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "päästä tasoihin"
},
{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "tasoittaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "se venger"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "prendre sa revanche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "rendre la monnaie de sa pièce"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "pareggiare i conti"
},
{
"alt": "しかえしする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shikaeshi suru",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "仕返しする"
},
{
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"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "hostiō"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "se venjar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "se revenjar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svestí sčóty",
"sense": "get revenge",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "свести́ счёты"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rassčitátʹsja",
"sense": "get revenge",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "рассчита́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raskvitátʹsja",
"sense": "get revenge",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "расквита́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokvitátʹsja",
"sense": "get revenge",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поквита́ться"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "faigh do latha fhèin air"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "desquitarse"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gɛ̂ɛ-kɛ́ɛn",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "แก้แค้น"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "láang-kɛ́ɛn",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "ล้างแค้น"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ao-kʉʉn",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "เอาคืน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kít-ban-chii",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "คิดบัญชี"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chék-bin",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "เช็กบิล"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "get revenge",
"word": "ödeşmek"
}
],
"word": "get even"
}
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