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"ref": "1863, Charles Reade, chapter 4, in Hard Cash",
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"ref": "c. 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "proverb",
"word": "home previngut val per dos"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "proverb",
"word": "凡事預則立"
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"roman": "fánshì yù zé lì",
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"word": "凡事预则立"
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"code": "nl",
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"word": "een gewaarschuwd mens telt voor twee"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "ei vara venettä kaada"
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "un homme averti en vaut deux"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "gewarnt ist gewappnet"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "Gefahr erkannt Gefahr gebannt"
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"code": "it",
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"word": "uomo avvisato, mezzo salvato"
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"word": "praemonitus praemunitus"
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "przezorny zawsze ubezpieczony"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "um homem prevenido vale por dois"
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "un om prevenit face cât doi"
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"roman": "kto predosterežón, tot vooružón",
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"word": "кто предостережён, тот вооружён"
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"word": "hombre prevenido vale por dos"
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"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "proverb",
"word": "te yu mati barba e bron, yu musu nati di fu yu"
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"wikipedia": [
"The Protocols of the Elders of Zion"
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"word": "forewarned is forearmed"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "proverb",
"word": "home previngut val per dos"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "凡事預則立"
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"roman": "fánshì yù zé lì",
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"word": "凡事预则立"
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"word": "een gewaarschuwd mens telt voor twee"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "ei vara venettä kaada"
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "un homme averti en vaut deux"
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"word": "gewarnt ist gewappnet"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "Gefahr erkannt Gefahr gebannt"
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "uomo avvisato, mezzo salvato"
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"word": "praemonitus praemunitus"
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"word": "przezorny zawsze ubezpieczony"
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"word": "um homem prevenido vale por dois"
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "un om prevenit face cât doi"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "hombre prevenido vale por dos"
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"word": "te yu mati barba e bron, yu musu nati di fu yu"
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"word": "forewarned is forearmed"
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