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"ref": "1978 August 19, Tim Cwiek, Karen DeCrow, “Interview: Former NOW President DeCrow Talks About Gay Issues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 7",
"text": "A lot of gay people I know, female and male, are conservative — perhaps even more conservative than they would be if they were non-gay because they've had such a hard struggle in life, they don't want to rock any boats.",
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"ref": "1984, Jim Bouton, Ball Four Plus Ball, page 410",
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "dělat vlny"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "keikuttaa venettä"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "valda truflun"
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"word": "setja hlutina úr skorðum"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "causare guai"
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"word": "раска́чивать ло́дку"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "ställa till trassel"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "röra om i grytan"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "dělat vlny"
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{
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "keikuttaa venettä"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "faire des vagues"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "valda truflun"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "valda óróa"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "setja hlutina úr skorðum"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "stofna málum í hættu"
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "spilla fyrir"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "causare guai"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
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"word": "раска́чивать ло́дку"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "ställa till trassel"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "röra om i grytan"
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"sense": "disturb the status quo",
"word": "(inte) sitta still i båten"
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"word": "rock the boat"
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