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},
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "tot plegat"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "de hele rataplan"
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"word": "koko helahoito"
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"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "ihan kaikki"
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"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "tout le bataclan"
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"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "hóbelevanc"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "miskulancia"
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"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "minden, ami kell"
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"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "ami csak kell"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vsevo-to delov",
"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "всего-то делов"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vot i vsjo delo",
"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "вот и всё дело"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vsja štuka",
"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "вся штука"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vsjo i vsja",
"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "всё и вся"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "(hela) rubbet"
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"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "hela rasket"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "the entire thing",
"word": "hela klabbet"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "the entire thing",
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"word": "whole shebang"
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