YOU SAID:
my cat is black and fat as a hippo
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My cat is black and fat as hippopotamus
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私の猫はカバのように黒くて太っています
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My cat is black and fat like hippopotamus
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My cat is black and fat like hippopotamus
That didn't even make that much sense in English.