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"tags": [
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"sense": "talk to someone excessively",
"word": "對某人喋喋不休"
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"word": "puhua loputtomasti"
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"sense": "talk to someone excessively",
"word": "rebattre les oreilles"
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"sense": "talk to someone excessively",
"word": "snakke hull i hodet på noen"
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"word": "прожужжать уши"
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"sense": "talk to someone excessively",
"word": "enrollarse como las persianas"
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"sense": "talk to someone excessively",
"word": "對某人喋喋不休"
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"roman": "duì mǒurén diédiébùxiū",
"sense": "talk to someone excessively",
"word": "对某人喋喋不休"
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"sense": "talk to someone excessively",
"word": "puhua loputtomasti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "talk to someone excessively",
"word": "rebattre les oreilles"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "talk to someone excessively",
"word": "snakke hull i hodet på noen"
},
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"roman": "prožužžatʹ uši",
"sense": "talk to someone excessively",
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"word": "прожужжать уши"
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"sense": "talk to someone excessively",
"word": "enrollarse como las persianas"
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"word": "talk someone's ear off"
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