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"text": "This may not be a good idea, but time will tell."
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"ref": "2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC",
"text": "That was harsh on the former Manchester United keeper after a performance which kept his team in the tie at times. But Grant, so often starved of luck himself, will feel both he and his side were worthy of the good fortune. Only time will tell whether it will be enough.",
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "күҙ күрер"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "el temps ho dirà"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "時間會證明一切"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "时间会证明一切"
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"word": "de tijd zal 't leren"
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"word": "aika näyttää"
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"word": "sen näkee sitten"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "l’avenir le dira"
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"word": "qui vivra, verra"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "o tempo dirá"
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"word": "das wird sich weisen"
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"word": "chi vivrà vedrà"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "il tempo lo dirà"
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"word": "se son rose fioriranno"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
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"word": "el tiempo dirá"
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"word": "tiden får utvisa"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "el temps ho dirà"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "時間會證明一切"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "时间会证明一切"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "de tijd zal het leren"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "de tijd zal 't leren"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "aika näyttää"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "sen näkee sitten"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "l’avenir le dira"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "qui vivra, verra"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "l’avenir nous le dira"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "o tempo dirá"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "das wird sich weisen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "das wird sich zeigen"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "die Zeit wird es zeigen"
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"word": "die Zukunft wird es zeigen"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "das steht in den Sternen"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "ο χρόνος θα δείξει"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "ימים יגידו"
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"word": "majd kiderül"
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"word": "majd meglátjuk"
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"word": "majd elválik"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "chi vivrà vedrà"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "il tempo lo dirà"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "se son rose fioriranno"
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"roman": "jikan-ga tateba wakaru",
"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "時間がたてば分かる"
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"roman": "peil veiliə nɨng prap",
"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "ពេលវេលានឹងប្រាប់"
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"roman": "sigani malhae",
"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "시간이 말해"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "la fîn du temps f'tha tout vaie"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "czas pokaże"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "o tempo dirá"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "timpul va decide"
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"note": "поживём — увидим (poživjóm — uvidim) (we'll live and see)",
"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "вре́мя покажет"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "el tiempo dirá"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "tiden får utvisa"
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"sense": "results of an action cannot be known beforehand",
"word": "den som lever får se"
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"word": "time will tell"
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