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"code": "ca",
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"word": "ets el que menges"
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"word": "je bent wat je eet"
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"word": "tu es ce que tu manges"
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"word": "az vagy, amit megeszel"
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"word": "þú ert það sem þú borðar"
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"word": "du er hva du spiser"
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"word": "de lo que se come se cría"
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"word": "eres lo que comes"
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"word": "man blir vad man äter"
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"word": "you are what you eat"
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"word": "man ist, was man ißt"
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "az vagy, amit megeszel"
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "þú ert það sem þú borðar"
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "du er hva du spiser"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "jesteś tym, co jesz"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "você é o que você come"
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"word": "ты то́, что ты е́шь"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "proverb",
"word": "de lo que se come se cría"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "proverb",
"word": "eres lo que comes"
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"word": "you are what you eat"
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