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"english": "How fleeting fame can be.",
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"text": "En haluaisi tehdä sitä työtä päivääkään.",
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"english": "Even Ahtisaari could not solve this dispute.",
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"english": "Instead of travelling to Italy, I'll go to greet my elderly mother.",
"text": "En matkustakaan Italiaan, vaan menen tervehtimään vanhaa äitiäni.",
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"english": "It didn't rain today after all, although the morning looked gloomy.",
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"english": "After all, I didn't eat ice-cream for dessert, but pie.",
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