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"word": "人生學校"
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"word": "elämänkoulu"
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"sense": "source of education by adverse experience",
"word": "kantapään kautta oppiminen"
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"word": "өмір мектебі"
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"word": "szkoła życia"
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"word": "шко́ла жи́зни"
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"sense": "source of education by adverse experience",
"word": "人生學校"
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"sense": "source of education by adverse experience",
"word": "elämänkoulu"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "source of education by adverse experience",
"word": "kantapään kautta oppiminen"
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"sense": "source of education by adverse experience",
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"english": "school of life",
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"roman": "ömır mektebı",
"sense": "source of education by adverse experience",
"word": "өмір мектебі"
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"sense": "source of education by adverse experience",
"word": "szkoła życia"
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"word": "шко́ла жи́зни"
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"sense": "source of education by adverse experience",
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