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"text": "The fact that pledges willingly submit themselves to hazing is neither here nor there, and any organization that engages in hazing will lose its charter.",
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"word": "gera hvorki til né frá"
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"word": "не к ме́сту"
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"word": "ни к селу ни к городу"
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"roman": "ni pri čom",
"sense": "having no influence or significance on the issue at hand",
"word": "ни при чём"
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