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"word": "orta yaş krizi"
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"word": "orta yaş bunalımı"
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"sense": "emotional period of doubt",
"word": "kapuzárási pánik"
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"sense": "emotional period of doubt",
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"word": "crise da meia-idade"
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"roman": "krízis srédnevo vózrasta",
"sense": "emotional period of doubt",
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"word": "кри́зис сре́днего во́зраста"
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"sense": "emotional period of doubt",
"tags": [
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"sense": "emotional period of doubt",
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"word": "medelålderskris"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "emotional period of doubt",
"word": "orta yaş krizi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "emotional period of doubt",
"word": "orta yaş bunalımı"
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"word": "mid-life crisis"
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