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"text": "Rupert Murdoch isn't somebody to sit back and count his blessings.",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhīzú",
"sense": "count one's blessings",
"word": "知足"
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"sense": "count one's blessings",
"word": "keskittyä asioiden hyviin puoliin"
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"sense": "count one's blessings",
"word": "voir le bon côté des choses"
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"sense": "count one's blessings"
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"sense": "count one's blessings",
"word": "but see lieber seinen Blick auf die guten Seiten richten"
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"word": "lieber auf das Gute im Leben schauen"
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"word": "lieber die rosigen Dinge in seinem Leben betrachten"
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"sense": "count one's blessings",
"word": "telle sine velsignelser"
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"word": "but see ciesz się tym, co masz"
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"sense": "count one's blessings",
"word": "知足"
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"sense": "count one's blessings",
"word": "keskittyä asioiden hyviin puoliin"
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"sense": "count one's blessings"
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"word": "lieber auf das Gute im Leben schauen"
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"sense": "count one's blessings",
"word": "telle sine velsignelser"
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