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"ref": "2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2",
"text": "Joker: We're sitting ducks out here. I have to try to lose them in the debris field!",
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"ref": "2023 February 13, Andrew E. Kramer, “‘Our Losses Were Gigantic’: Life in a Sacrificial Russian Assault Wave”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"(idiomatic) An obvious or unconcealed target."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lésna pljáčka",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле́сна пля́чка"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "maalitaulu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cible facile"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leichte Beute"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
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"word": "leichtes Ziel"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "könnyű célpont"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "könnyű préda"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "gyerekjáték eltalálni"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bersaglio facile"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "facile preda"
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"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "tanjona"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
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"masculine"
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"word": "łatwy cel"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
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"feminine"
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"word": "łatwa zdobycz"
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"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
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"word": "presa fácil"
},
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pradă ușoară"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
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"word": "țintă facilă"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udóbnaja míšenʹ",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "удо́бная ми́шень"
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"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
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"word": "лёгкая цель"
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"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
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"word": "pato de feria"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "lätt offer"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpâo-nîng",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "เป้านิ่ง"
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"(idiomatic) An obvious or unconcealed target."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lésna pljáčka",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле́сна пля́чка"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "maalitaulu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "cible facile"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leichte Beute"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
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"word": "leichtes Ziel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "könnyű célpont"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "könnyű préda"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "gyerekjáték eltalálni"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bersaglio facile"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
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"word": "facile preda"
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{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "tanjona"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "łatwy cel"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
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"word": "łatwa zdobycz"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presa fácil"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pradă ușoară"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "țintă facilă"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udóbnaja míšenʹ",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "удо́бная ми́шень"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljóxkaja celʹ",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
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"word": "лёгкая цель"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "blanco fácil"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
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"word": "presa fácil"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pato de feria"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "lätt offer"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpâo-nîng",
"sense": "an obvious or unconcealed target",
"word": "เป้านิ่ง"
}
],
"word": "sitting duck"
}
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