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"text": "Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night? / I did not err: there does a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night, / And casts a gleam over this tufted grove.",
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"word": "every silver lining has a cloud"
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{
"word": "blessing in disguise"
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{
"word": "God works in mysterious ways"
}
],
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"word": "bright side"
}
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"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "amal arghans"
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"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
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},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "hopeareunus"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lado bo"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Lichtblick"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gute Seite"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "jó oldala"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "risvolto positivo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "światełko w tunelu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "lado bom"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "no equivalent term in Romanian",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "but see parte bună"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
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"roman": "luč nadéždy",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "луч наде́жды"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xorošaja novostʹ",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "хорошая новость"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lado positivo"
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"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ljuspunkt"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fáa lăng fŏn",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "ฟ้าหลังฝน"
}
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"John Milton",
"Silver lining (idiom)"
]
}
],
"word": "silver lining"
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"word": "drawback"
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"word": "every silver lining has a cloud"
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"word": "blessing in disguise"
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{
"word": "God works in mysterious ways"
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"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amal arghans"
},
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"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "světlá stránka"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "paprsek naděje"
},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "hopeareunus"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lado bo"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Silberstreif"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Silberstreifen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Lichtblick"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gute Seite"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "jó oldala"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "risvolto positivo"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "światełko w tunelu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "lado bom"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "no equivalent term in Romanian",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "but see parte bună"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "aspect pozitiv"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "luč nadéždy",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "луч наде́жды"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xorošaja novostʹ",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "хорошая новость"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lado positivo"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"tags": [
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"word": "ljuspunkt"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fáa lăng fŏn",
"sense": "a good aspect of a mostly bad event",
"word": "ฟ้าหลังฝน"
}
],
"word": "silver lining"
}
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