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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in any situation something can always go wrong",
"word": "de prometre a complir hi ha molt a dir"
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"code": "ca",
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"word": "de prometre a complir hi ha molt tros per penedir"
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"word": "moni asia voi mennä pieleen"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "in any situation something can always go wrong",
"word": "il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres"
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"word": "man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben"
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"word": "freu dich nicht zu früh"
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"word": "tra il dire e il fare c'è di mezzo il mare"
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"word": "не говори́ «гоп», пока́ не перепры́гнешь"
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"word": "na cuir do làmh eadar a' chlach is an sgrath"
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"word": "eadar long is laimhrig"
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"word": "de la mano a la boca desaparece la sopa"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "in any situation something can always go wrong",
"word": "de prometre a complir hi ha molt a dir"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in any situation something can always go wrong",
"word": "de prometre a complir hi ha molt tros per penedir"
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"sense": "in any situation something can always go wrong",
"word": "moni asia voi mennä pieleen"
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"sense": "in any situation something can always go wrong",
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"sense": "in any situation something can always go wrong",
"word": "man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben"
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"sense": "in any situation something can always go wrong",
"word": "freu dich nicht zu früh"
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"sense": "in any situation something can always go wrong",
"word": "tra il dire e il fare c'è di mezzo il mare"
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"sense": "in any situation something can always go wrong",
"word": "eadar long is laimhrig"
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"sense": "in any situation something can always go wrong",
"word": "de la mano a la boca desaparece la sopa"
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