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"text": "I don't care what I do. If it pays the bills and puts food on the table, I'm not bothered.",
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"ref": "2005, Darwin Porter et al., Frommer's Italy 2005",
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"ref": "1996, Werner Peters, Society on the Run, page 81",
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"(idiomatic) To provide enough money to cover basic necessities."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provide enough money to cover basic necessities",
"word": "tuoda leipä pöytään"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "provide enough money to cover basic necessities",
"word": "nourrir son homme"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "provide enough money to cover basic necessities",
"word": "faire bouillir la marmite"
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"sense": "provide enough money to cover basic necessities",
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"sense": "provide enough money to cover basic necessities",
"word": "tuoda leipä pöytään"
},
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"sense": "provide enough money to cover basic necessities",
"word": "nourrir son homme"
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"sense": "provide enough money to cover basic necessities",
"word": "faire bouillir la marmite"
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"sense": "provide enough money to cover basic necessities",
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"word": "put food on the table"
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