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"ref": "2020, Ava Max, Madison Love, Måns Wredenberg, Noonie Bao, Cirkut, Linus Wiklund (lyrics and music), “Who's Laughing Now”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max:",
"text": "So lonely in your bed / Does breakin' me make you feel good? / Guess you don't understand / What goes around, comes around",
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"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "amilyen az adjonisten, olyan a fogadjisten"
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"word": "chi semina vento raccoglie tempesta"
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"word": "chi la fa l'aspetti"
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"word": "same knife stick sheep, stick goat"
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"word": "뿌린대로 거둔다"
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"roman": "az har dast bedahi, az hamân dast migiri",
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"word": "jak Kuba Bogu, tak Bóg Kubie"
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"word": "jak sobie pościelesz, tak się wyśpisz"
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"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "fortuna kołem się toczy"
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"word": "quem semeia ventos colhe tempestades"
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"word": "você colhe o que planta"
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"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "o mundo dá voltas"
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"word": "chumbo trocado não dói"
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"word": "Dumnezeu nu bate cu parul"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "sve se vraća, sve se plaća; kako siješ tako žanješ"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "todo cae por su propio peso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "donde las dan, las toman"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "som man bäddar får man ligga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "som man sår får man skörda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "svinhugg går igen"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "kung anong itinanim, siya ring aanihin"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "tiṇai vitaittavaṉ tiṇai aṟuppāṉ",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "திணை விதைத்தவன் திணை அறுப்பான்"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "viṉai vitaittavaṉ viṉai aṟuppāṉ",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "வினை விதைத்தவன் வினை அறுப்பான்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gong-gwiian-gam-gwiian",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "กงเกวียนกำเกวียน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gam-dai-krai-gɔ̀ɔ gam-nán-yɔ̂m-kʉʉn-sà-nɔ̌ɔng",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "กรรมใดใครก่อ กรรมนั้นคืนสนอง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gam-dtaam-sà-nɔ̌ɔng",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "กรรมตามสนอง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hâi-túk-gɛ̀ɛ-tân túk-nán-tʉ̌ng-dtuua",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "ให้ทุกข์แก่ท่าน ทุกข์นั้นถึงตัว"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "başkasına fenalık eden kendine etmiş olur"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "qaytar dunyo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "ác giả ác báo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "actions have consequences",
"word": "đời cha ăn mặn, đời con khát nước"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"African-American English"
],
"word": "what goes around comes around"
}
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