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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "䁪吓眼"
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"roman": "zhuányǎnjiān",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "tiden flyver"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "de tijd vliegt"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "tempo flugas"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "aika rientää"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "ο χρόνος φεύγει"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "समय गुज़र जाता है"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
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"word": "вре́мя лети́т"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "el tiempo vuela"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "䁪吓眼"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "光陰似箭"
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"roman": "guāngyīnsìjiàn",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "時光飛逝"
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"roman": "shíguāngfēishì",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "時日如飛"
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"roman": "shírìrúfēi",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "时日如飞"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "光陰荏苒"
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"roman": "guāngyīnrénrǎn",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "光阴荏苒"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "轉眼間"
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"roman": "zhuányǎnjiān",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "转眼间"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "tiden flyver"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "de tijd vliegt"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "tempo flugas"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "aika rientää"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "le temps passe vite"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"tags": [
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"word": "die Zeit vergeht wie im Flug"
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"roman": "o chrónos févgei",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "ο χρόνος φεύγει"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "samay guzar jātā hai",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "समय गुज़र जाता है"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "repül az idő"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"tags": [
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"word": "tíminn flýgur"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "il tempo fugge"
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"alt": "こういんやのごとし",
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"word": "光陰矢の如し"
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"roman": "gwang'eumsajeon",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "광음사전"
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"alt": "時光流似箭",
"code": "ko",
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"word": "tempus fugit"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "زمان زود می گذرد"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "czas leci"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "o tempo voa"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "timpul fuge"
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"roman": "vrémja letít",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "вре́мя лети́т"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "el tiempo vuela"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "timmen flyger"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "tiden flyger"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "mabilis ang panahon"
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"sense": "time seems to pass quickly",
"word": "thời gian qua mau"
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