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"word": "tard o d'hora"
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{
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"word": "vroeg of laat"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "varem või hiljem"
},
{
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"word": "ennemmin tai myöhemmin"
},
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"word": "ადრე თუ გვიან"
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"word": "mais cedo ou mais tarde"
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"word": "mai devreme sau mai târziu"
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"word": "luath no mall"
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"word": "eninde sonunda"
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"word": "er ya da geç"
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"word": "er geç"
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"word": "ра́но чи пі́зно"
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"word": "sớm muộn"
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"word": "trước sau"
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"word": "عَاجِلاً أَم آجِلاً"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "վաղ թե ուշ"
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"roman": "rána ci pózna",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "ра́на ці по́зна"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "tard o d'hora"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "遲早"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "迟早"
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"word": "遲早"
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"word": "迟早"
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"word": "早晚"
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"word": "dříve nebo později"
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"word": "før eller senere"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "vroeg of laat"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "varem või hiljem"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "ennemmin tai myöhemmin"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "tôt ou tard"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "tost ou tard"
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"roman": "adre tu gvian",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "ადრე თუ გვიან"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "früher oder später"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "argá í grígora",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "αργά ή γρήγορα"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "előbb vagy utóbb"
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"word": "előbb-utóbb"
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{
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "조만간"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "serius aut citius"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "serius ocius"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "agrāk vai vēlāk"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "før eller senere"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "før eller seinere"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "før eller siden"
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "før eller seinare"
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "ǣr oþþe lator"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "prędzej czy później"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "mais cedo ou mais tarde"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "mai devreme sau mai târziu"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "odată și-odată"
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{
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "ра́но и́ли по́здно"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "luath no mall"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "tarde o temprano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "a la corta o a la larga"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "förr eller senare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "så småningom"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "eninde sonunda"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "er ya da geç"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "er geç"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "ра́но чи пі́зно"
},
{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "sớm muộn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "set phrase; eventually",
"word": "trước sau"
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"word": "sooner or later"
}
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