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"ref": "1965, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Ballad of a Thin Man”, in Highway 61 Revisited:",
"text": "You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books / You are very well-read / It's well known",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "وَاسِع الاطلاع"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "博覽群書的"
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"roman": "bólǎn qúnshū de",
"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "博览群书的"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "belæst"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "belezen"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "lukenut"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "belesen"
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"alt": "たどくの",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "oczytany"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "versado"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "citit"
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"roman": "načítannyj",
"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "начи́танный"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "aydın"
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"roman": "načýtanyj",
"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"word": "وَاسِع الاطلاع"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "mütaliəli"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "lletrat"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "博覽群書的"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "bólǎn qúnshū de",
"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "博览群书的"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "sečtělý"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "belæst"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "belezen"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "lukenut"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "oppinut"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"word": "lettré"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "belesen"
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"alt": "たどくの",
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"roman": "tadoku no",
"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "多読の"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "tinctus litteris"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "belest"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "letrat"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "versado"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
"word": "beläst"
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"sense": "well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively",
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"word": "начи́таний"
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