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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "preemptive caution",
"word": "varmuuden vuoksi"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "preemptive caution",
"word": "par acquit de conscience"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "preemptive caution",
"word": "óvatosságból"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "preemptive caution",
"word": "elővigyázatosságból"
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"sense": "preemptive caution",
"word": "óvintézkedésként"
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"roman": "nopasim",
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"word": "노파심"
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