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"word": "vaya por delante"
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"word": "ontegenzeggelijk zijn"
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "on ütlematagi selge"
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "olla sanomattakin selvää"
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"word": "cela va sans dire"
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"word": "sich von selbst verstehen"
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"word": "selbstverständlich sein"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "magától értetődik"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "mondani sem kell"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "það segir sig sjálft"
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "va da sé"
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
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"word": "се подра́збира"
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "si seg selv"
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "si seg sjøl"
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "si seg sjølv"
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "anar-se'n tot medish"
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"word": "być oczywistym"
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "não precisa nem dizer"
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"roman": "samó sobój razuméjetsja",
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"word": "само́ собо́й разуме́ется"
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"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
],
"word": "само́ собо́й"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "ni que decir tiene"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "huelga decir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "vaya por delante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "sobra decir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "expression in the 3rd person sg",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "der säger sig självt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "expression in the 3rd person sg",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "det är underförstått"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to be obvious, apparent or clear",
"word": "'does dim rhaid dweud"
}
],
"word": "go without saying"
}
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