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"word": "fools rush in where angels fear to tread"
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"word": "look before you leap"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a person who spends too much time contemplating may miss a valuable opportunity",
"word": "kdo zaváhá, nežere"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a person who spends too much time contemplating may miss a valuable opportunity",
"word": "se pelaa ei, joka pelkää"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a person who spends too much time contemplating may miss a valuable opportunity",
"word": "chi si ferma è perduto"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a person who spends too much time contemplating may miss a valuable opportunity",
"word": "ten kto się waha, jest zgubiony"
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"roman": "promedlénije smérti podóbno",
"sense": "a person who spends too much time contemplating may miss a valuable opportunity",
"word": "промедле́ние сме́рти подо́бно"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a person who spends too much time contemplating may miss a valuable opportunity",
"word": "kdo zaváhá, nežere"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a person who spends too much time contemplating may miss a valuable opportunity",
"word": "se pelaa ei, joka pelkää"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "a person who spends too much time contemplating may miss a valuable opportunity",
"word": "chi si ferma è perduto"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "a person who spends too much time contemplating may miss a valuable opportunity",
"word": "ten kto się waha, jest zgubiony"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "promedlénije smérti podóbno",
"sense": "a person who spends too much time contemplating may miss a valuable opportunity",
"word": "промедле́ние сме́рти подо́бно"
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"word": "he who hesitates is lost"
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