"Eselsbrücke" meaning in German

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      "form": "Eselsbrücken",
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      "form": "Eselsbrücke",
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        "singular"
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "Simply come up with a mnemonic.",
          "text": "Bau dir einfach eine Eselsbrücke!",
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        },
        {
          "english": "(idem)",
          "text": "Denk dir einfach eine Eselsbrücke aus!",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "2012, Caruso Matarese, Nie mehr Blind Date, epubli, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Ich habe mir seinerzeit, als sie es aus ihrem bezaubernden Kussmund verlauten ließ, dass sie im März Geburtstag hat, eine Eselsbrücke gebaut, um mir auf jeden Fall den Monat zu merken. Die Eselsbrücke, wie war die denn doch gleich?",
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          "word": "Merksatz"
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          "text": "Bau dir einfach eine Eselsbrücke!",
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          "english": "(idem)",
          "text": "Denk dir einfach eine Eselsbrücke aus!",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "2012, Caruso Matarese, Nie mehr Blind Date, epubli, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Ich habe mir seinerzeit, als sie es aus ihrem bezaubernden Kussmund verlauten ließ, dass sie im März Geburtstag hat, eine Eselsbrücke gebaut, um mir auf jeden Fall den Monat zu merken. Die Eselsbrücke, wie war die denn doch gleich?",
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      ],
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        },
        {
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