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"ref": "c. 1900, Anna Katharine Green, The Ruby and the Cauldron",
"text": "\"I offered her that sum if she would take the garment back. And she did, she did, and I shall never have to wear that dreadful satin again.\" ¶ I made a note of this dressmaker's name. She and I may have a bone to pick some day.",
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"ref": "1912, Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 18, in Hocken and Hunken",
"text": "\"I have a bone to pick with you,\" said Mrs Bosenna. . . . \"You have not been near Rilla for weeks,\" she went on, reproachfully.",
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"ref": "1992 September 6, Merryl R. Goldberg, “Letters: Jazz”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-07-11",
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"ref": "2004 July 18, Smita Madhur, Barbara Kiviat, “World Briefing”, in Time",
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"word": "een appeltje te schillen hebben"
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"word": "olla kana kynittävänä"
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"word": "avoir une dent contre quelqu’un"
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"word": "ein Hühnchen zu rupfen haben"
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"word": "ha en høne å plukke med noen"
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"roman": "imetʹ pretenziju",
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"word": "tener que arreglar las cuentas con alguien"
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"word": "ha en gås oplockad"
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"word": "有不滿"
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"sense": "have a complaint or grievance",
"word": "有不满"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "have a complaint or grievance",
"word": "有意見"
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"sense": "have a complaint or grievance",
"word": "有意见"
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"sense": "have a complaint or grievance",
"word": "een appeltje te schillen hebben"
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"sense": "have a complaint or grievance",
"word": "olla kana kynittävänä"
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"sense": "have a complaint or grievance",
"word": "avoir une dent contre quelqu’un"
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"sense": "have a complaint or grievance",
"word": "ein Hühnchen zu rupfen haben"
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"sense": "have a complaint or grievance",
"word": "ha en høne å plukke med noen"
},
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"roman": "imetʹ pretenziju",
"sense": "have a complaint or grievance",
"word": "иметь претензию"
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"sense": "have a complaint or grievance",
"word": "tener que arreglar las cuentas con alguien"
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"sense": "have a complaint or grievance",
"word": "ha en gås oplockad"
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