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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "com peix a l'aigua"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "als een vis in het water"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "kuin kala vedessä"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "comme un poisson dans l’eau"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "wie ein Fisch im Wasser"
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"roman": "mizu o eta uo",
"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "水を得た魚"
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"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "kā zivs ūdenī"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "als een vis in het water"
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"word": "comme un poisson dans l’eau"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "wie ein Fisch im Wasser"
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"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "könnyedén"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "gyorsan"
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"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "természetesen"
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"roman": "mizu o eta uo",
"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "水を得た魚"
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"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "kā zivs ūdenī"
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"sense": "Very naturally",
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"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "kot riba v vodi"
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"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "como pez en el agua"
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"sense": "Very naturally",
"word": "ווי אַ פֿיש אין וואַסער"
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