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"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "prendre el seu temps"
},
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"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "不着急"
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"word": "慢慢来"
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"word": "de tijd nemen"
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"word": "langsam angehen"
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"word": "ráérünk"
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"word": "glac am"
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"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
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"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "con comodo"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "prendre el seu temps"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "不着急"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "慢慢来"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "de tijd nemen"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "mitte kiirustama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"note": "verb can be replaced with another",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "tehdä rauhassa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "prendre son temps"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "langsam angehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "sich Zeit lassen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "with its infinitive form depending on the person[s], see its conjugation",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "nem kell kapkodnia"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "ráérünk"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "glac am"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "tóg am"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "con comodo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "prendersela comoda"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
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"word": "nie śpieszyć się"
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "gabh ùine"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "mitte kiirustama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "kestää (+ subject in adessive)",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "prendre son temps"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "nem kapkodja el"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "prendersela comoda"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"tags": [
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"word": "marudzić"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "gabh ùine"
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"word": "take one's time"
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