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18,
22
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20,
24
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],
"english": "Poor Thomas did not know that he had bitten off more than he could chew. In fact, he was now skin and bones in a rank loafer’s hands.",
"ref": "2000, Iain W D Forde, “Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa”, in SCOTS, Edinburgh: University of Glasgow:",
"text": "Puir Tammas didna knaw at he hed g’nappit aff mair nor he cuid chowe, an, i fak he wes nou skin an birn i the hauns o a rank lurdan.",
"translation": "Poor Thomas did not know that he had bitten off more than he could chew. In fact, he was now skin and bones in a rank loafer’s hands.",
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18,
22
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20,
24
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"ref": "2000, Iain W D Forde, “Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa”, in SCOTS, Edinburgh: University of Glasgow:",
"text": "Puir Tammas didna knaw at he hed g’nappit aff mair nor he cuid chowe, an, i fak he wes nou skin an birn i the hauns o a rank lurdan.",
"translation": "Poor Thomas did not know that he had bitten off more than he could chew. In fact, he was now skin and bones in a rank loafer’s hands.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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],
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}
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