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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "重要的事情先來"
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
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},
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "das Wichtigste zuerst"
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "eins nach dem anderen"
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "דבר ראשון"
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "csak sorjában (szép)"
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "mindent a maga idejében"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "kezdjük a lényeggel"
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "an chuid is tábhachtaí ar dtús"
},
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "andiamo con ordine"
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "po pierwsze"
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "vamos começar pelo começo"
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"roman": "vsjo po porjádku",
"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "всё по поря́дку"
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "обо всём по поря́дку"
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"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "primero lo primero"
},
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "let's deal with matters of highest priority first",
"word": "lo primero es lo primero"
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