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"(idiomatic) To receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck."
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "ضَرَبَ الفَوْز بِالْجَائِزَة الكُبِرَى"
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "中獎"
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "voittaa jättipotti"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "gagner le gros lot"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "toucher le jackpot"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "das Große Los ziehen"
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"roman": "ōatari-o hiku",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "大当たりをひく"
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "tirar a sorte grande"
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "sacarse la lotería"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
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"(idiomatic) To be correct."
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"(idiomatic) To receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck."
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "ضَرَبَ الفَوْز بِالْجَائِزَة الكُبِرَى"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "中獎"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhòngjiǎng",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "中奖"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "voittaa jättipotti"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "gagner le gros lot"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "toucher le jackpot"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "das Große Los ziehen"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōatari-o hiku",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "大当たりをひく"
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"tags": [
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"word": "strzelać w dziesiątkę"
},
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"tags": [
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"word": "strzelić w dziesiątkę"
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"tags": [
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"word": "trafiać w dziesiątkę"
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"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"tags": [
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"word": "trafić w dziesiątkę"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "tirar a sorte grande"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sorvátʹ kuš",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "сорва́ть куш"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sryvátʹ kuš",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"tags": [
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"word": "срыва́ть куш"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "sacarse la lotería"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
"word": "sacarse el gordo"
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"word": "hit the jackpot"
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