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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "tempesta en un vas d'aigua"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
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"word": "torm veeklaasis"
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"word": "myrsky vesilasissa"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
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"word": "vihar egy pohár vízben"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "veður út af engu"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "tempesta in un bicchiere d'acqua"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "コップの中の嵐"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "찻잔 속의 폭풍"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"tags": [
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"word": "burza w szklance wody"
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"word": "furtună într-un pahar de apă"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "furtună-n pahar de apă"
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"note": "бу́ря в стака́не воды́ f (búrja v stakáne vodý, literally “storm in a glass of water”)",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "storm i ett vattenglas"
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"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ṭīkappulō tupānu",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "టీకప్పులో తుపాను"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "incir çekirdeğini doldurmaz"
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"roman": "a shturem in a gloz vaser",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "אַ שטורעם אין אַ גלאָז וואַסער"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "চায়ের কাপে ঝড়"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "tempesta en un vas d'aigua"
},
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "小題大做"
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"roman": "xiǎotídàzuò",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "小题大做"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"tags": [
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "torm veeklaasis"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "myrsky vesilasissa"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"tags": [
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"word": "tempête dans un verre d’eau"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "vihar egy pohár vízben"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "veður út af engu"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "ys og þys út af engu"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "tempesta in un bicchiere d'acqua"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "koppu no naka no arashi",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "コップの中の嵐"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chatjan sogui pokpung",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "찻잔 속의 폭풍"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "storm i et vannglass"
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"word": "storm i eit vassglas"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"tags": [
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"word": "burza w szklance wody"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
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"word": "tempestade em copo d’água"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "furtună într-un pahar de apă"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "furtună-n pahar de apă"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "టీకప్పులో తుపాను"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "incir çekirdeğini doldurmaz"
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"sense": "big fuss made in a small context",
"word": "אַ שטורעם אין אַ גלאָז וואַסער"
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