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"code": "eu",
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"word": "haizerik ez den urtean"
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"word": "quan les gallines pixin"
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"word": "når helvetet fryser"
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"word": "prędzej piekło zamarznie"
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"word": "quando o inferno congelar"
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"word": "no dia de São Nunca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "never",
"word": "quando as galinhas criarem dentes"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"word": "a les calendes gregues"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
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"word": "la setmana dels tres dijous"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "never",
"word": "quan les gallines pixin"
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"word": "až peklo zamrzne"
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"sense": "never",
"word": "wanneer Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallen"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"word": "met sint-juttemis"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"word": "kun helvetti jäätyy"
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"word": "alle calende greche"
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"sense": "never",
"word": "når helvetet fryser"
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"sense": "never",
"word": "prędzej piekło zamarznie"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "never",
"word": "quando o inferno congelar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "never",
"word": "no dia de São Nunca"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "never",
"word": "quando as galinhas criarem dentes"
},
{
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"sense": "never",
"word": "quando as galinhas tiverem dentes"
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"roman": "kogdá rak na goré svístnet",
"sense": "never",
"word": "когда́ рак на горе́ сви́стнет"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "pósle dóždička v četvérg",
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"word": "по́сле до́ждичка в четве́рг"
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "never",
"word": "ko pekel zmrzne"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "never",
"word": "el día que las vacas vuelen"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "never",
"word": "när helvetet fryser till is"
},
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"sense": "never",
"word": "kapag nagyelo ang impiyerno"
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"word": "when Hell freezes over"
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