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"ref": "2018 November 13, Kate Julian, “Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?”, in The Atlantic",
"text": "This tone has slowly given way to a realization that the country’s experience might be less a curiosity than a cautionary tale.",
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"ref": "2020 November 17, Ben Chu, “Review: How to Make the World Add Up, by Tim Harford”, in The Independent, retrieved 2021-01-13",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jǐngshì gùshi",
"sense": "story",
"word": "警世故事"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "story",
"word": "opettavainen kertomus"
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"word": "fable"
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"word": "conte moral"
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"word": "leçon"
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"word": "Schauermärchen"
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"feminine"
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"word": "storiella ammonitrice"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "story",
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"word": "cuento moralizante"
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"roman": "jǐngshì gùshi",
"sense": "story",
"word": "警世故事"
},
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"sense": "story",
"word": "opettavainen kertomus"
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"sense": "story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"sense": "story",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "story",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avertissement"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "belehrende Erzählung"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "storiella ammonitrice"
},
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "story",
"tags": [
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"word": "cuento moralizante"
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