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"sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
"word": "de longas vias, longas mentiras"
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"roman": "dóbro tomú vratʹ, kto za mórem byvál",
"sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
"word": "до́бро тому́ врать, кто за мо́рем быва́л"
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