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"word": "Zeit totschlagen"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "σκοτώνω τον καιρό"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
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"roman": "sigan-eul bonaeda",
"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "시간을 보내다"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "slå ihjel tid"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "zabić czas"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "matar o tempo"
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"word": "omorî timpul"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
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}
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
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},
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "打發時間"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "殺時間"
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"word": "杀时间"
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"word": "挨時間"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "matar o tempo"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "Zeit totschlagen"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "σκοτώνω τον καιρό"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "elüti az időt"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "drepa tímann"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "ingannare il tempo"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "時間をつぶす"
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"code": "kk",
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"roman": "uaqyt öltıru",
"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "уақыт өлтіру"
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"roman": "sigan-eul bonaeda",
"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "시간을 보내다"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "slå ihjel tid"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "zabić czas"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "matar o tempo"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "omorî timpul"
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"tags": [
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"word": "убива́ть вре́мя"
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"word": "matar el tiempo"
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"word": "fördriva tid"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "vakit öldürmek"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
"word": "giết thời gian"
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"sense": "make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important",
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"word": "kill time"
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