"worth it" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2003, Council of Europe, Learning and Teaching in the Communication Society, page 131:",
          "text": "Using the Internet as an information resource is hardly worth it just to make student reports richer. It is worth it if the Internet is going to be used as a laboratory for choosing, exploring, searching, justifying and supporting views, etc.",
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        "Worth doing; worth the time, effort, etc."
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          "word": "not worth the candle"
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          "word": "worthwhile"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhídé",
          "sense": "worth doing",
          "word": "值得"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huásuàn",
          "sense": "worth doing",
          "word": "划算"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huádelái",
          "sense": "worth doing",
          "word": "划得來"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "worth doing",
          "word": "de moeite waard zijn"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "sen arvoinen (partitive when used predicatively)",
          "sense": "worth doing"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "worth doing",
          "word": "valoir la peine"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "worth doing",
          "word": "valoir le coup"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "worth doing",
          "word": "lohnend"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "worth doing",
          "word": "erstrebenswert"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "worth doing",
          "word": "megér"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かちがある",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kachi ga aru",
          "sense": "worth doing",
          "word": "価値がある"
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      "word": "worthwhile"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhídé",
      "sense": "worth doing",
      "word": "值得"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huásuàn",
      "sense": "worth doing",
      "word": "划算"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huádelái",
      "sense": "worth doing",
      "word": "划得來"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "worth doing",
      "word": "de moeite waard zijn"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "sen arvoinen (partitive when used predicatively)",
      "sense": "worth doing"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "worth doing",
      "word": "valoir la peine"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "worth doing",
      "word": "valoir le coup"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "worth doing",
      "word": "lohnend"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "worth doing",
      "word": "erstrebenswert"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "worth doing",
      "word": "megér"
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    {
      "alt": "かちがある",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kachi ga aru",
      "sense": "worth doing",
      "word": "価値がある"
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  "word": "worth it"
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