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"sense": "People take advantage of the absence of authority",
"word": "天高皇帝遠"
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"word": "quand le chat n’est pas là"
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"word": "ist die Katze aus dem Haus"
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"roman": "bez kotá myšám razdólʹje",
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"word": "без кота́ мыша́м раздо́лье"
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"word": "cuando el gato duerme, bailan los ratones"
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"word": "als de kat van huis is"
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"word": "без кота́ мыша́м раздо́лье"
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"word": "где мачке нема"
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"word": "cuando el gato duerme, bailan los ratones"
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