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"ref": "c. 1900, Jack London, To Build a Fire",
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"ref": "1911, Zane Grey, chapter 9, in The Young Pitcher",
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"ref": "1920, Harold MacGrath, chapter 27, in The Drums Of Jeopardy",
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"ref": "1962 December 28, “Nation: New Fail-Safe”, in Time",
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"ref": "2003, Linda Lael Miller, Shotgun Bride, page 121",
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"roman": "xiàng zhī méi tóu cāng ying yí yàng",
"sense": "in a frantic, disorganized manner",
"word": "像只没头苍蝇一样"
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"sense": "in a frantic, disorganized manner",
"word": "als een kip zonder kop"
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