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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "pitää hauskaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "s’amuser comme un petit fou"
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"word": "s’éclater"
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"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "nagyon/borzasztóan jól érzi magát"
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"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "remekül/ragyogóan érzi magát"
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{
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"word": "remekül szórakozik"
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"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "skemmta sér konunglega"
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"alt": "たんのうする",
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"roman": "tannō suru",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "堪能する"
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"alt": "まんきつする",
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"roman": "mankitsu suru",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "満喫する"
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"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "bardzo dobrze się bawić"
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"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "pasarlo la mar de bien"
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"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "disfrutar como un enano"
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"code": "es",
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"(idiomatic) To enjoy oneself greatly."
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"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "pitää hauskaa"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "s’amuser comme un petit fou"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "s’éclater"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "nagyon/borzasztóan jól érzi magát"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "remekül/ragyogóan érzi magát"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "remekül szórakozik"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "skemmta sér konunglega"
},
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"alt": "たんのうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tannō suru",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "堪能する"
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"alt": "まんきつする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mankitsu suru",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "満喫する"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "bardzo dobrze się bawić"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "pasarlo la mar de bien"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "disfrutar como un enano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enjoy oneself greatly",
"word": "pasarlo pipa"
}
],
"word": "have a whale of a time"
}
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