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"text": "zvejot prot katrs muļķis; nodot zivis, tā ir māksla",
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{
"english": "fool! he in his stupidity had destroyed my own best trout (catching) place",
"text": "muļķis! viņš savā stulbumā bija iznīcinājis manu pašu labāko foreļu vietu",
"type": "example"
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