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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "people's tastes differ",
"word": "ต่างจิตต่างใจ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "people's tastes differ",
"word": "zevklerle renkler tartışılmaz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "people's tastes differ",
"word": "zevkler ve renkler tartışılmaz"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pro smaký ne sperečájutʹsja",
"sense": "people's tastes differ",
"word": "про смаки́ не спереча́ються"
}
],
"word": "there's no accounting for taste"
}
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"path": [
"there's no accounting for taste"
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "proverb",
"title": "there's no accounting for taste",
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