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"text": "His boss was always getting on his case about his standards of dress, even though he worked well and seldom left the back room."
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"word": "be on someone's case"
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"word": "all variants of earlier on someone's back"
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"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
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{
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},
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"word": "be on someone's case"
},
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"word": "all variants of earlier on someone's back"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
"word": "挑錯"
},
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"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
"word": "挑错"
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"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
"word": "挑剔"
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"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
"word": "找岔子"
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"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
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"word": "kitistä"
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"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
"word": "narista"
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"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
"word": "marmattaa"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
"word": "valittaa"
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"sense": "lecture, berate or complain to somebody",
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