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"text": "Why don't you try your luck at the blackjack tables?",
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"ref": "2011 March 2, Andy Campbell, “Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers”, in BBC",
"text": "Ki Sung-Yeung tried his luck from distance with a fierce left-foot shot but the attempt was always rising over the top.",
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"To make a risky attempt."
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"(transitive with at) To make a risky attempt."
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"word": "have a shot"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "koettaa onneaan"
},
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"word": "tenter sa chance"
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "qismat āzmānā",
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"word": "क़िस्मत आज़माना"
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"word": "koettaa onneaan"
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"word": "tenter sa chance"
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"word": "क़िस्मत आज़माना"
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"word": "قسمت آزمانا"
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