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"sense": "worthless amount",
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"sense": "worthless amount",
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"sense": "worthless amount",
"word": "fabatka"
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"sense": "worthless amount",
"word": "lyukas garas"
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"word": "دو زار"
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"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "worthless amount",
"word": "دو زار و ده شاهی"
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"note": "не сто́ить вы́еденного яйца́ impf (ne stóitʹ výjedennovo jajcá, literally “to be not worth an eaten egg”)",
"sense": "worthless amount"
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"code": "ru",
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