in the red in English

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          "sense": "in debt",
          "word": "miinuksen puolella"
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          "sense": "in debt",
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          "sense": "in debt",
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          "roman": "jeokja",
          "sense": "in debt",
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          "roman": "v dolgáx",
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          "word": "в долга́х"
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          "sense": "in debt",
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          "sense": "in debt",
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      "word": "in the hole"
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      "sense": "in debt",
      "word": "miinuksen puolella"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in debt",
      "word": "dans le rouge"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in debt",
      "word": "in den roten Zahlen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in debt",
      "word": "in den Roten"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in debt",
      "word": "essere al verde"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akaji",
      "sense": "in debt",
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeokja",
      "sense": "in debt",
      "word": "적자"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in debt",
      "word": "no vermelho"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v dolgáx",
      "sense": "in debt",
      "word": "в долга́х"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in debt",
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtìt nêe",
      "sense": "in debt",
      "word": "ติดหนี้"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpen nêe",
      "sense": "in debt",
      "word": "เป็นหนี้"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in debt",
      "word": "mắc nợ"
    }
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  "word": "in the red"
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"in the red" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase