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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to waste effort on a futile project",
"word": "hakata päätään seinään"
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"sense": "to waste effort on a futile project",
"word": "perdre son temps"
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"sense": "to waste effort on a futile project",
"word": "sbattere la testa contro un muro"
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"word": "hakata päätään seinään"
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"sense": "to waste effort on a futile project",
"word": "perdre son temps"
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"sense": "to waste effort on a futile project",
"word": "sbattere la testa contro un muro"
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"word": "walić głową w mur"
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