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"ref": "1824, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 9, in St. Ronan's Well",
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"ref": "1906, Annie Fellows Johnston, chapter 14, in The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor",
"text": "But Bernice, standing stiff and angry in the starlight, turned on her heel without a response.",
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"ref": "1949 May 9, “Unseasonal Weather”, in Time",
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"ref": "2004 March 1, Elisabeth Bumiller, “On Gay Marriage, Bush May Have Said All He’s Going To”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-07-18",
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"roman": "inqalaba ʕalā ʕaqibayhi",
"sense": "to turn around and leave the other way",
"word": "اِنْقَلَبَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ نَكَصَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ"
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"sense": "to turn around and leave the other way",
"word": "kääntyä kannoillaan"
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"sense": "to turn around and leave the other way",
"word": "tourner les talons"
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"sense": "to turn around and leave the other way",
"word": "اِنْقَلَبَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ نَكَصَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ"
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"word": "tourner les talons"
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