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"ref": "1880, Robert Louis Stevenson, “chapter 4”, in The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, volume I",
"text": "Are you coming over again to see me some day soon? I keep returning, and now hand over fist, from the realms of Hades: I saw that gentleman between the eyes, and fear him less after each visit.",
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"ref": "2009 June 3, Conor Clarke, “It's Time to Tax College Sports”, in The Atlantic",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "pilvin pimein"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "rutosti"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "játszva"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "könnyedén"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "könnyűszerrel"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "a rodo (s)"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "à farta"
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"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
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"word": "a dar com o/um pau"
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"roman": "býstro",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "бы́стро"
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"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "лопа́той"
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"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "a porillo"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "rutosti"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "játszva"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "könnyedén"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "könnyűszerrel"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "a rodo (s)"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "à farta"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"tags": [
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"word": "a dar com o/um pau"
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"roman": "býstro",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "бы́стро"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lopátoj",
"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "лопа́той"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "a rodo"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "quickly or in great quantity",
"word": "a porillo"
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"word": "hand over fist"
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