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"text": "The new normal: Will demand quickly return to pre-COVID levels?\nUnlikely, if only because with the country (and the world) in deep recession, many younger people will be in serious financial difficulty. A lack of disposable income simply won't allow them much discretionary travel.",
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
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"word": "tetszés szerinti"
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{
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"word": "megítélés szerinti"
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{
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
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{
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "harkinnanvarainen"
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "discrétionnaire"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "választható"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "belátás szerinti"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "tetszés szerinti"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "megítélés szerinti"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "(saját/szabad) belátása/megítélése szerinti"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "saját/szabad belátására/megítélésére bízott"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "diszkrecionális"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "geðþótta-"
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"note": "of one's own accord",
"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "að eigin ákvörðun"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "discrezionale"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "uznaniowy"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "dyskrecjonalny"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "discricionário"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "available at one's discretion",
"word": "discrecional"
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{
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