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"sense": "to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed",
"word": "ajautua karille"
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"sense": "to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed",
"word": "tomber à l’eau"
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"sense": "to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed",
"word": "fehlschlagen"
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"sense": "to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed",
"word": "scheitern"
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"word": "ins Wasser fallen"
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"word": "kudarcba fullad"
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"sense": "to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed",
"word": "andare a monte"
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"sense": "to be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed",
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