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"ref": "2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC",
"text": "Yet United may have paid the price for overconfidence as they completely lost their concentration after 10 minutes to let Wolves back in.",
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"ref": "2021 December 29, “Labour demands NPR action after \"rail betrayal\"”, in RAIL, number 947, page 7",
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"ref": "[2022 April 29, Nike Ching, “US: No Sign Russia-Ukraine Negotiations Will Bear Fruit”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 2022-04-29, Ukraine",
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"word": "pay the piper"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to incur the negative consequences of one's decision",
"word": "ausbaden"
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"sense": "to incur the negative consequences of one's decision",
"word": "pagare lo scotto"
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"sense": "to incur the negative consequences of one's decision",
"word": "pagarlo caro"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to incur the negative consequences of one's decision",
"word": "ausbaden"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to incur the negative consequences of one's decision",
"word": "pagare lo scotto"
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"sense": "to incur the negative consequences of one's decision",
"word": "pagarlo caro"
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