a promise is a promise in English

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          "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
          "word": "обещаното си е обещано"
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          "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
          "word": "slib je slib"
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          "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
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        {
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
          "word": "ein Mann, ein Wort"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
          "word": "versprochen ist versprochen"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
          "word": "promessa é dívida"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "agreement is worth more than money",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ugovór doróže déneg",
          "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
          "word": "угово́р доро́же де́нег"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
          "word": "lo prometido es deuda"
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  "word": "a promise is a promise"
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      "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
      "word": "обещаното си е обещано"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
      "word": "slib je slib"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
      "word": "chose promise, chose due"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
      "word": "ein Mann, ein Wort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
      "word": "versprochen ist versprochen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
      "word": "promessa é dívida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "agreement is worth more than money",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ugovór doróže déneg",
      "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
      "word": "угово́р доро́же де́нег"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one must keep one's promises",
      "word": "lo prometido es deuda"
    }
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  "word": "a promise is a promise"
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"a promise is a promise" meaning in English

Proverb