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"ref": "1989 December 7, Milt Freudenheim, “Scramble on Health-Care Costs”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-03-06",
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "逃過一劫"
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"roman": "táoguòyījié",
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "selvitä säikähdyksellä"
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"word": "väistää luoti"
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "l’échapper belle"
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "gerade nochmal davonkommen"
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "librarse de una buena"
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "komma billigt undan"
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "escapar-se d'una bona"
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "逃過一劫"
},
{
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"roman": "táoguòyījié",
"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "逃过一劫"
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "selvitä säikähdyksellä"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "väistää luoti"
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "l’échapper belle"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "gerade nochmal davonkommen"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "librarse de una buena"
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"sense": "have a narrow escape",
"word": "komma billigt undan"
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