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"text": "She is only coming to gloat over my bedraggled and flowerless borders and to sing the praises of her own detestably over-cultivated garden. I’m sick of being told that it’s the envy of the neighbourhood; it’s like everything else that belongs to her—her car, her dinner-parties, even her headaches, they are all superlative; no one else ever had anything like them.",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "ylistää"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "chanter les louanges de"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "vanter les mérites de"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "se répandre en éloges sur"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "cantare le lodi"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
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"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "cantar las alabanzas de"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kīrtigānaṁ",
"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "కీర్తిగానం"
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"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "ylistää"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "chanter les louanges de"
},
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"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "vanter les mérites de"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "se répandre en éloges sur"
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"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "cantare le lodi"
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"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
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"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "cantar las alabanzas de"
},
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kīrtigānaṁ",
"sense": "commend someone's attributes to others",
"word": "కీర్తిగానం"
}
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