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"word": "sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage"
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"ref": "1973, “California Saga (The Beaks Of Eagles)”, in Robinson Jeffers (lyrics), Holland, performed by The Beach Boys",
"text": "Though it's the birthright of man to unify and live his life as one / A whisper of the word will let you soar with your soul",
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"ref": "2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance",
"word": "傳家寶"
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"roman": "chuánjiābǎo",
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"sense": "something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance",
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"sense": "something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance",
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"word": "生得権"
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"word": "ŋgɔgbevinyenye"
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"sense": "something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance",
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"sense": "something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance",
"word": "naskala yuro"
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"sense": "something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance",
"word": "生得権"
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"word": "còir-bhreith"
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