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"word": "需要是發明之母"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "הכורח הוא אבי ההמצאה"
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"word": "il bisogno aguzza l'ingegno"
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"word": "di necessità virtù"
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"word": "potrzeba jest matką wynalazków"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "a necessidade aguça o engenho"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "a necessidade é a mãe de toda invenção"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "голь на вы́думку хитра́"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "la necesidad agudiza el ingenio"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "nöden är uppfinningarnas moder"
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"word": "需要是發明之母"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "la nécessité est la mère de l’invention"
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"word": "nécessité fait loi"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
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"word": "Not bricht Eisen"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "הכורח הוא אבי ההמצאה"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "הצורך הוא אבי ההמצאה"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "a szükség találékonnyá tesz"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "neyðin kennir naktri konu að spinna"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "il bisogno aguzza l'ingegno"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "di necessità virtù"
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"roman": "hitsuyō-wa hatsumei-no haha",
"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "必要は発明の母"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "potrzeba jest matką wynalazków"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "a necessidade aguça o engenho"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "a necessidade é a mãe de toda invenção"
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"roman": "golʹ na výdumku xitrá",
"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "голь на вы́думку хитра́"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "la necesidad agudiza el ingenio"
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"sense": "a person in need will find a way",
"word": "nöden är uppfinningarnas moder"
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"word": "necessity is the mother of invention"
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