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"sense": "fail; have no result",
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"sense": "fail; have no result",
"word": "ne servir à rien"
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"sense": "fail; have no result",
"word": "im Sande verlaufen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "fail; have no result",
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"sense": "fail; have no result",
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