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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "rehellisyyden nimissä"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "tasapuolisuuden nimissä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "kohtuuden nimissä"
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"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "kylläkin"
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "fairerweise"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "gerechterweise"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "az igazság kedvéért"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "az igazat megvallva"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "gwoli sprawiedliwości"
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"roman": "spravedlivosti radi",
"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "справедливости ради"
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"word": "in fairness"
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"sense": "for the sake of balance",
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"sense": "for the sake of balance",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "gerechterweise"
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"sense": "for the sake of balance",
"word": "az igazat megvallva"
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"sense": "for the sake of balance",
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"word": "in fairness"
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