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"ref": "1970, Paul Simon (lyrics and music), “Keep The Customer Satisfied”, in Bridge Over Troubled Water, performed by Simon and Garfunkel",
"text": "It’s the same old story / Everywhere I go / I get slandered, libeled",
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"ref": "2014 August 16, Daniel Taylor, “Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow”, in The Guardian",
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"(idiomatic) What usually happens; an occurrence that is tediously familiar."
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "la història de sempre"
},
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"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "pareha ra gihapon nga istorya"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǎoyītào",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "老一套"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "pořád ta samá písnička"
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "sama vanha juttu"
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "métro, boulot, dodo"
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
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"word": "la routine"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "outra vaca no millo"
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
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"feminine"
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"word": "die alte Leier"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "a régi nóta"
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
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"feminine"
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"word": "solita storia"
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"roman": "aikawarazu",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "相変わらず"
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
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"feminine"
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"word": "stara śpiewka"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "o mesmo de sempre"
},
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"roman": "tá že istórija",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "та́ же исто́рия"
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "peti staro pesem"
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
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"word": "cantaleta"
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "sota, caballo y rey"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "samma gamla visa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "aynı hikaye"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "eski hamam eski tas"
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
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"word": "la història de sempre"
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "pareha ra gihapon nga istorya"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǎoyītào",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "老一套"
},
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "pořád ta samá písnička"
},
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"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
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"word": "hetzelfde liedje"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "sama vanha juttu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "métro, boulot, dodo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "la routine"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "outra vaca no millo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "historia de sempre"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "die alte Leier"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "a régi nóta"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "solita storia"
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"roman": "aikawarazu",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "相変わらず"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "stara śpiewka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "o mesmo de sempre"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tá že istórija",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "та́ же исто́рия"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "peti staro pesem"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"tags": [
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"word": "cantaleta"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "sota, caballo y rey"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "samma gamla visa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "aynı hikaye"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the repetition of an annoying occurrence",
"word": "eski hamam eski tas"
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"word": "same old story"
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