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"ref": "2014 April 25, Paul Krugman, “The Piketty Panic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "錢可通神"
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"roman": "qiánkě tōngshén",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "錢能通神"
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"roman": "qiánnéng tōngshén",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "金錢萬能"
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"roman": "jīnqián wànnéng",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "金钱万能"
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "有錢能使鬼推磨"
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"roman": "yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuīmò",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "有钱能使鬼推磨"
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "mono parolas"
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "raha ratkaisee"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "l’argent parle"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "Bargeld lacht"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "Geld regiert die Welt"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hakésef m'dabér",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "הכסף מדבר"
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"roman": "paisā boltā hai",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "पैसा बोलता है"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "pénz beszél, kutya ugat"
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "bíonn urraim don airgead"
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"roman": "kane ga mono o iu",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "金が物を言う"
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"roman": "jigoku no sata mo kane shidai",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "地獄の沙汰も金次第"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "Enma Daiō ga kudasu jigoku de no hanketsu mo kane shidaide wa karuku mo naru",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "閻魔大王が下す地獄での判決も金次第では軽くもなる"
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"roman": "doni jwauhanda",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "돈이 좌우한다"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dénʹgi rešájut vsjo",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "де́ньги реша́ют всё"
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"roman": "dénʹgi právjat mírom",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "де́ньги пра́вят ми́ром"
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "poderoso caballero es don dinero"
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
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"word": "la pela es la pela"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "el dinero manda"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "para konuşur"
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "錢可通神"
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiánnéng tōngshén",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "金錢萬能"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīnqián wànnéng",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "金钱万能"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "有錢能使鬼推磨"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuīmò",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "有钱能使鬼推磨"
},
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "mono parolas"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "raha ratkaisee"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "l’argent parle"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "Bargeld lacht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "Geld regiert die Welt"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hakésef m'dabér",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "הכסף מדבר"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "paisā boltā hai",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "पैसा बोलता है"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "pénz beszél, kutya ugat"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "bíonn urraim don airgead"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kane ga mono o iu",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "金が物を言う"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jigoku no sata mo kane shidai",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "地獄の沙汰も金次第"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Enma Daiō ga kudasu jigoku de no hanketsu mo kane shidaide wa karuku mo naru",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "閻魔大王が下す地獄での判決も金次第では軽くもなる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doni jwauhanda",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "돈이 좌우한다"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dénʹgi rešájut vsjo",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "де́ньги реша́ют всё"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dénʹgi právjat mírom",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "де́ньги пра́вят ми́ром"
},
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "poderoso caballero es don dinero"
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"tags": [
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"word": "la pela es la pela"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "el dinero manda"
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"sense": "it is easier to accomplish goals using money",
"word": "para konuşur"
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"word": "money talks"
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