See the die is cast on Wiktionary
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"word": "კამათელი გაგორებულია"
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"word": "il dado è tratto"
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"word": "賽は投げられた"
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"word": "주사위는 던져졌다"
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"word": "terningen er kastet"
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"word": "terningen er kasta"
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"code": "fa",
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"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "تاسها پرتاب شدهاند"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "kości zostały rzucone"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "a sorte está lançada"
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "os dados estão lançados"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "zarul este aruncat"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "жре́бий бро́шен"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "dè a bhios ann, tachraidh e"
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"code": "sh",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "kȍcka je bačena"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "kocky sú hodené"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "kọ̑cka je padla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "la suerte está echada"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "tärningen är kastad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "zar atıldı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hralʹnu kistku kynuto",
"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "гральну кістку кинуто"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žereb kynuto",
"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "жереб кинуто"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner",
"word": "tương lai tiền định"
}
],
"word": "the die is cast"
}
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