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"text": "He had to start the game over because he lost his memory card.",
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"ref": "2010, Kathy O'Keefe, Over His Rainbow: A Single Woman's Journey to God's Promise",
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"ref": "2020 July 1, Daniel Puddicombe, “How can heritage lines recover from enforced closures?”, in Rail, page 30",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "begin again",
"word": "začít znova"
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"sense": "begin again",
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"sense": "begin again",
"word": "aloittaa alusta"
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"sense": "begin again",
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"sense": "begin again",
"word": "ricominciare da zero"
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"roman": "načátʹ zánovo",
"sense": "begin again",
"word": "нача́ть за́ново"
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"sense": "begin again",
"word": "recomenzar"
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"word": "volver a empezar"
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"sense": "begin again",
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"sense": "begin again",
"word": "baştan başlamak"
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},
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},
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"sense": "begin again",
"word": "začít znova"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "begin again",
"word": "začít od začátku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "begin again",
"word": "aloittaa alusta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "begin again",
"word": "recommencer"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "begin again",
"word": "ricominciare da zero"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "načátʹ zánovo",
"sense": "begin again",
"word": "нача́ть за́ново"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "načátʹ s načala",
"sense": "begin again",
"word": "нача́ть с начала"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "begin again",
"word": "recomenzar"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "begin again",
"word": "volver a empezar"
},
{
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"sense": "begin again",
"word": "empezar de cero"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "begin again",
"word": "börja om"
},
{
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "begin again",
"word": "baştan başlamak"
}
],
"word": "start over"
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