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"ref": "2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times",
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"roman": "ʕuṣfūrān biḥajar wāḥid",
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"word": "عُصْفُورَان بِحَجَر وَاحِد"
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"word": "to fluer med et smæk"
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"sense": "two things by one action",
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"word": "μ' ένα σμπάρο δυο τρυγόνια"
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"word": "két legyet egy csapásra"
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"word": "tvær flugur í einu höggi"
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"sense": "two things by one action",
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"sense": "two things by one action",
"word": "bir taşla iki kuş"
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"note": "האַרגענען צװײ פֿליגן מיט ײן קלאַפּ (hargenen tsvey flign mit eyn klap, literally “strike two flies with one blow”)",
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"sense": "two things by one action",
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"word": "to fluer med et smæk"
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"sense": "two things by one action",
"word": "twee vliegen in een klap"
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"sense": "two things by one action",
"word": "d’une pierre deux coups"
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"sense": "two things by one action",
"word": "μ' ένα σμπάρο δυο τρυγόνια"
},
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"sense": "two things by one action",
"word": "két legyet egy csapásra"
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"sense": "two things by one action",
"word": "tvær flugur í einu höggi"
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"sense": "two things by one action",
"word": "dhá éan leis an urchar amháin"
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"word": "bir taşla iki kuş"
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"note": "האַרגענען צװײ פֿליגן מיט ײן קלאַפּ (hargenen tsvey flign mit eyn klap, literally “strike two flies with one blow”)",
"sense": "two things by one action"
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"note": "שיסן צװײ האָזן מיט ײן שאָס (shisn tsvey hozn mit eyn shos, literally “shoot two hares with one shot”)",
"sense": "two things by one action"
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"note": "כאַפּן צען סאָראָקעס בײַ איין וויידל (khapn tsen sorokes bay eyn veydl, literally “catch ten magpies by one tail”)",
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