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"text": "I don't think he has the final answer just yet, but he seems to be on the right track.",
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{
"ref": "1955, Ray Charles, Greenbacks",
"text": "She looked at me with that familiar desire\nHer eyes lit up like they were on fire\nShe said, \"My name's Flo, and you're on the right track,\nBut look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back,\nSo if you want to have fun in this man's land,\nLet Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands.\"",
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"word": "oikeilla raiteilla"
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"word": "sur la bonne voie"
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"word": "tenir le bon bout"
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