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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "水洩不通"
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"word": "como sardiñas en banastra"
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"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "dicht gedrängt wie die Sardinen"
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"word": "jak śledzie w beczce"
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"sense": "densely packed",
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"word": "som packade sillar"
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"sense": "densely packed"
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"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "kuin sillit suolassa"
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"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "comme des sardines"
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"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "como sardiñas en banastra"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "dicht gedrängt wie die Sardinen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "wie die Ölsardinen"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "鮨詰め (すしづめ, sushizume, literally “packed like sushi in a container”)",
"sense": "densely packed"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "stísnati káko sardíni",
"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "сти́снати ка́ко сарди́ни"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zbíeni káko sardíni",
"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "зби́ени ка́ко сарди́ни"
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "densely packed",
"tags": [
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"word": "patchi coumme des sardinnes"
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{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "densely packed",
"tags": [
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"word": "sèrré coumme des sardinnes"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "jak śledzie w beczce"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "înghesuit ca sardinele"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kak sélʹdi v bóčke",
"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "как се́льди в бо́чке"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "densely packed",
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"word": "apretados como sardinas"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "densely packed",
"tags": [
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"word": "apretadas como sardinas"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "como sardinas en lata"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "som packade sardiner"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "som packade sillar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "densely packed",
"word": "chật cứng"
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"word": "packed like sardines"
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