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"sense": "an offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining",
"word": "potrefená husa nejvíc kejhá"
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"sense": "an offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining",
"word": "se koira älähtää, johon kalikka kalahtaa"
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"sense": "an offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining",
"word": "getroffene Hunde bellen"
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"sense": "an offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining",
"word": "excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta"
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"sense": "an offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining",
"word": "uderz w stół, a nożyce się odezwą"
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"roman": "na vore šapka gorit",
"sense": "an offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining",
"word": "на воре шапка горит"
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"sense": "an offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining",
"word": "trafená hus zagágala"
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"sense": "an offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining",
"word": "potrefená husa nejvíc kejhá"
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"word": "se koira älähtää, johon kalikka kalahtaa"
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"sense": "an offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining",
"word": "getroffene Hunde bellen"
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"word": "uderz w stół, a nożyce się odezwą"
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"word": "на воре шапка горит"
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