"kuin Iisakin kirkkoa" meaning in Finnish

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  "etymology_text": "kuin (“like”) Iisakin (“Isaac's”) kirkkoa (“cathedral”); reference to the construction of Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, which took 40 years to build, from 1818 to 1858. Finland belonged to Russia as a grand duchy at that time, and many Finns either supplied materials for it or worked at site.",
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        {
          "english": "This information system has taken for ever and ever to build.",
          "text": "Tätä tietojärjestelmää on rakennettu kuin Iisakin kirkkoa.",
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        }
      ],
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        "for ever and ever (indicates that something takes a very long time to complete)"
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          "for ever and ever",
          "for ever and ever"
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        "(simile) for ever and ever (indicates that something takes a very long time to complete)"
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        {
          "word": "erittäin kauan"
        },
        {
          "word": "todella pitkään"
        }
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  "word": "kuin Iisakin kirkkoa"
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  "etymology_text": "kuin (“like”) Iisakin (“Isaac's”) kirkkoa (“cathedral”); reference to the construction of Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, which took 40 years to build, from 1818 to 1858. Finland belonged to Russia as a grand duchy at that time, and many Finns either supplied materials for it or worked at site.",
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        {
          "english": "This information system has taken for ever and ever to build.",
          "text": "Tätä tietojärjestelmää on rakennettu kuin Iisakin kirkkoa.",
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        }
      ],
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  "word": "kuin Iisakin kirkkoa"
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