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"english": "on every thirty-sixth day of the month",
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "ათასში ერთხელ"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "very rarely",
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"roman": "sti chási kai sti féxi",
"sense": "very rarely",
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"word": "uair sna naoi n-aird"
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"word": "uair umá seach"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "una volta ogni morte di papa"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "very rarely",
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"roman": "gokumare ni",
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "มากไม่ค่อย"
},
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "kırk yılda bir"
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"word": "千載難逢"
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"roman": "cin¹ zoi² naan⁴ fung⁴",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "千载难逢"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "十年唔逢一閏"
},
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sap⁶ nin⁴ m⁴ fung⁴ jat¹ jeon⁶",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "十年唔逢一闰"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "千載難逢"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiānzǎinánféng",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "千载难逢"
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "jednou za uherský rok"
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "eens in de zoveel tijd"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "ege malofte"
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "todella harvoin"
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "tous les trente-six du mois"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "une fois toutes les lunes"
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"roman": "atasši ertxel",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "ათასში ერთხელ"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "alle Jubeljahre"
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"roman": "sti chási kai sti féxi",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "στη χάση και στη φέξη"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "uair sna naoi n-aird"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "uair umá seach"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "una volta ogni morte di papa"
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"word": "raz na ruski rok"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "od wielkiego dzwonu"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "de vez em nunca"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "uma vez na vida, outra na morte"
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"word": "раз в сто ле́т"
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "uair san ràith"
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "raz za uhorský rok"
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"sense": "very rarely",
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"word": "de ciento a viento"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "very rarely",
"word": "de ciento en viento"
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"word": "มากไม่ค่อย"
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