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"word": "a day late and a dollar short"
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"word": "太少，太遲"
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"word": "liian vähän, liian myöhään"
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"word": "zu spät und zu wenig"
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"word": "zwar verspätet, dafür aber nur halb"
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"word": "troppo poco, troppo tardi"
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"word": "za mało i za późno"
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