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"ref": "1884, C. H. Spurgeon, “Psalm One Hundred and Nineteen—Verses 113 to 120, Exposition”, in The Treasury of David: […], volume VI, London: Passmore and Alabaster, 4 paternoster Buildings, page 260",
"text": "He does not trifle with them, or handle them with kid gloves. No, he judges them to be the scum of the earth, and he treats them accordingly by putting them away.",
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"ref": "2003 August 3, Stephen Pritchard, “Racist or just anti-Sharon?”, in The Guardian",
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "jednat v rukavičkách"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "käsitellä silkkihansikkain"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "prendre des gants"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "mit Samthandschuhen anfassen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "mit Glacéhandschuhen anfassen"
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"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tipél bikhfafót shél méshi",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "טיפל בכפפות של משי"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "kesztyűs kézzel bánik (valakivel, valamivel)"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "whakahangahanga"
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"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "hantera med silkesvantar"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "behandla med silkesvantar"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "nhẹ tay"
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"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "jednat v rukavičkách"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "käsitellä silkkihansikkain"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "prendre des gants"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "mit Samthandschuhen anfassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "mit Glacéhandschuhen anfassen"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tipél bikhfafót shél méshi",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "טיפל בכפפות של משי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "kesztyűs kézzel bánik (valakivel, valamivel)"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "whakahangahanga"
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"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "hantera med silkesvantar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "behandla med silkesvantar"
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"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to treat something very delicately",
"word": "nhẹ tay"
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"word": "handle with kid gloves"
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