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"ref": "2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE MD: consider impact of strikes on passengers”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 11",
"text": "In the dispute with the RMT about scanning tickets, Jackson said it was the right thing to do to pay conductors something to scan tickets. Northern pays two pence per scan, Jackson noted, adding that ticket scanning helps to cut fraud and increase staff visibility.",
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"(set phrase) To do what is ethical or just."
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "egin zuzena izan"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "toimia oikein"
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"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "faire la bonne chose"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "faire ce qu’il faut"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "faire ce qu’il fallait"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "bien faire"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "facer o correcto"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "fare la cosa giusta"
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"sense": "act ethically",
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "fazer a coisa certa"
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"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "hacer lo correcto"
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"text": "In the dispute with the RMT about scanning tickets, Jackson said it was the right thing to do to pay conductors something to scan tickets. Northern pays two pence per scan, Jackson noted, adding that ticket scanning helps to cut fraud and increase staff visibility.",
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"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "egin zuzena izan"
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"sense": "act ethically",
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"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "faire ce qu’il fallait"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "bien faire"
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"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "facer o correcto"
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"sense": "act ethically",
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"sense": "act ethically",
"word": "fazer a coisa certa"
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