"thousand and one" meaning in English

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          "text": "Gregory L. Peck (2010) Exercise for the Mind, Body and Soul: Pathway to a Better Life, →ISBN, page 11: “There are always a thousand and one reasons not to do something. But there are also always a thousand and one reasons to do something, particularly exercise.”"
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        "A great many; numerous."
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "sowo iyagayvli sawo",
          "sense": "A great many",
          "word": "ᏐᏬ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᏌᏬ"
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          "sense": "A great many",
          "word": "mille et un"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "atas erti",
          "sense": "A great many",
          "word": "ათას ერთი"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chília dyo",
          "sense": "A great many",
          "word": "χίλια δυο"
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          "lang": "Lakota",
          "sense": "A great many",
          "word": "kȟoktá sáŋm waŋží"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "A great many",
          "word": "tʼááłáhádí mííl tʼááłáʼí"
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          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "sense": "A great many",
          "word": "midaaswaak ashi-bezhig"
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          "lang": "Yup'ik",
          "sense": "A great many",
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      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "sowo iyagayvli sawo",
      "sense": "A great many",
      "word": "ᏐᏬ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᏌᏬ"
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      "sense": "A great many",
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "atas erti",
      "sense": "A great many",
      "word": "ათას ერთი"
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      "roman": "chília dyo",
      "sense": "A great many",
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      "lang": "Lakota",
      "sense": "A great many",
      "word": "kȟoktá sáŋm waŋží"
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      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "A great many",
      "word": "tʼááłáhádí mííl tʼááłáʼí"
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      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "A great many",
      "word": "midaaswaak ashi-bezhig"
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      "sense": "A great many",
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