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"text": "If he doesn't win the next round, then his goose is cooked."
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"ref": "1969, Bernard Moitessier, “Cape Horn: The Logical Route”, in Inge Moore, transl., [1967, Cap Horn à la Voile], page 49",
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"sense": "all hope is gone",
"word": "de rapen zijn gaar"
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"word": "het vet is van de soep"
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"word": "nyt otti ohraleipä"
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"word": "les carottes sont cuites"
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"word": "erledigt sein"
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"word": "Die Messe ist gelesen"
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"word": "пиши пропало /write that it's lost/"
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"roman": "délo trubá",
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"word": "де́ло труба́ /business is a pipe/"
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"roman": "délo tabák",
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"word": "де́ло таба́к /business is tobacco/"
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"word": "Die Messe ist gelesen"
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"word": "де́ло швах"
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"word": "пе́сенка спета /(his) song is sung/"
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"sense": "all hope is gone",
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