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"ref": "1935 October 27, “Helene Mayer to be in Olympics: Woman Fencing Champion Accepts Invitation”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-10-01:",
"text": "[A]s sportsmen I think that we should stick to our knitting and not allow economic or social conditions to interfere with the Olympic Games.",
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{
"ref": "1975 Nov. 21, \"Puritans Denied Drumstick\" (editorial), Spokane Daily Chronicle, p. 4 (retrieved 1 Oct 2013)",
"text": "Researchers should stick to their knitting, finding cancer cures and discovering new shades of lipstick, and refrain from debunking history."
},
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"ref": "2001 July 15, Chris Taylor, “E-Grocers Check Out”, in Time, retrieved 2013-10-01:",
"text": "\"We stuck to our knitting and stayed in one market rather than going for growth,\" he says.",
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"To concentrate on one's own tasks, affairs, area of expertise, etc., especially in order to avoid distraction, embarrassment, or other needless problems."
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"(idiomatic) To concentrate on one's own tasks, affairs, area of expertise, etc., especially in order to avoid distraction, embarrassment, or other needless problems."
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"word": "attend to one's knitting"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to concentrate on one's own stuff",
"word": "pysyä lestissään"
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"word": "nie wsadzać nos w nie swoje sprawy"
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"sense": "to concentrate on one's own stuff",
"tags": [
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"word": "no meterse en camisa de once varas"
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"ref": "1975 Nov. 21, \"Puritans Denied Drumstick\" (editorial), Spokane Daily Chronicle, p. 4 (retrieved 1 Oct 2013)",
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},
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"ref": "2001 July 15, Chris Taylor, “E-Grocers Check Out”, in Time, retrieved 2013-10-01:",
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"(idiomatic) To concentrate on one's own tasks, affairs, area of expertise, etc., especially in order to avoid distraction, embarrassment, or other needless problems."
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{
"word": "attend to one's knitting"
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"word": "’tend to one’s knitting"
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"sense": "to concentrate on one's own stuff",
"word": "pysyä lestissään"
},
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"sense": "to concentrate on one's own stuff",
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"word": "nie wsadzać nos w nie swoje sprawy"
},
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"sense": "to concentrate on one's own stuff",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "no meterse en camisa de once varas"
}
],
"word": "stick to one's knitting"
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