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"text": "After seventeen days of rain and floods, the 4 am sunrise was a sight for sore eyes.",
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"ref": "2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane",
"text": "Janet (Marva Alexander): You're joking me. Yas! Tanice, look who's here!\nTanice (Llewella Gideon): You are a sight for sore eyes.",
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"A pleasing sight; something that is beautiful to look at, particularly after a long period of deprivation."
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"(idiomatic) A pleasing sight; something that is beautiful to look at, particularly after a long period of deprivation."
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "lust voor het oog"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "ilo silmälle"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
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"word": "plaisir pour les yeux"
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"sense": "a pleasing sight",
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"word": "régal pour les yeux"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "öröm ránézni"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "szívderítő látvány"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
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"word": "mile widziany"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "colírio para os olhos"
},
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "en syn för trötta ögon"
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"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "lust voor het oog"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "ilo silmälle"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
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"word": "plaisir pour les yeux"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
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"masculine"
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"word": "régal pour les yeux"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "öröm ránézni"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "szívderítő látvány"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"tags": [
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"word": "mile widziany"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "colírio para os olhos"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a pleasing sight",
"word": "en syn för trötta ögon"
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"word": "sight for sore eyes"
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