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"ref": "1964 September 13, John Canaday, “Hello Sr. Brest”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-12-15",
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"ref": "1988 December 7, Robert Maynard, “Bush better not ignore Mexico”, in Spartanburg Herald-Journal, US, retrieved 2015-12-15, page A10",
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"ref": "2007, Sharan Newman, Heresy: A Catherine LeVendeur Mystery",
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"ref": "2009 December 26, Mark Reason, “Huge shadow of Tiger Woods dominates the decade of sport”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2015-12-15",
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"word": "verder zien dan zijn neus lang is"
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"ref": "1988 December 7, Robert Maynard, “Bush better not ignore Mexico”, in Spartanburg Herald-Journal, US, retrieved 2015-12-15, page A10",
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},
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"sense": "have insight into underlying facts or consequences",
"word": "verder zien dan zijn neus lang is"
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"sense": "have insight into underlying facts or consequences",
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"word": "nähdä nenäänsä pidemmälle"
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"sense": "have insight into underlying facts or consequences",
"word": "ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez"
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"sense": "have insight into underlying facts or consequences",
"word": "vedere più in là del proprio naso"
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"word": "vedere oltre la punta del proprio naso"
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"sense": "have insight into underlying facts or consequences",
"word": "(nie) widzieć dalej niż czubek własnego nosa"
},
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"roman": "ne videtʹ dalʹše svojevo nosa",
"sense": "have insight into underlying facts or consequences",
"word": "не видеть дальше своего носа"
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"word": "see past the end of one's nose"
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