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"word": "ко́жнаму сваё́"
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"word": "все́киму сво́ето"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "各有所好"
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"word": "každému podle jeho gusta"
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "enhver sin smag"
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"word": "kukin taaplaa tyylillään"
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"word": "makuasioista ei pidä kiistellä"
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"word": "à chacun son goût"
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "jedem das Seine"
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "ízlések és pofonok"
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "kinek a pap, kinek a papné"
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "a ciascuno il suo"
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"word": "十人十色"
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"word": "suum cuique"
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"roman": "sekomu svoeto",
"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "każdemu swoje"
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "kto co lubi"
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "a cada um o que é seu"
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "cada qual com o seu cada qual"
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"roman": "káždyj po-svójemu",
"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "ка́ждый по-сво́ему"
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"word": "ка́ждому своё"
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"word": "сваком своје"
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"word": "svakom svoje"
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"word": "vsakomur svoje"
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"word": "vsakemu svoje"
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "cada quién a su gusto"
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "cada loco con su tema"
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "smaken är som baken – delad"
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"word": "นานาจิตตัง"
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"word": "ต่างจิตต่างใจ"
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"word": "zevkler ve renkler tartışılmaz"
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"roman": "kóžnomu svojé",
"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "ко́жному своє́"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences",
"word": "mỗi người một nẻo"
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"Suum cuique"
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