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"ref": "2023 April 1, Maddie Thomas, “Even if you’re ‘on the apps’, it feels pretty hard to meet people these days”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "Friends say we app sceptics will download them at a certain age out of desperation. But for now, follow the sound advice of mums and mentors: there’s no rush, relationships don’t define you and you must keep your standards high. Just not Prince Charming high. Carrie Bradshaw will tell you that’s nothing but a fairytale.",
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"word": "白马王子"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "the fictional character",
"word": "プリンス・チャーミング"
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"word": "如意郎君"
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"word": "白馬王子"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "unelmien prinssi"
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"word": "prince charmant"
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"word": "principe azzurro sul cavallo bianco"
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"word": "王子様"
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"word": "eventyrprinsen"
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"word": "książę z bajki"
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"word": "ска́зочный принц"
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"sense": "romantically ideal man",
"word": "prins charmig"
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"sense": "romantically ideal man",
"word": "yakışıklı prens"
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