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loss

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Myslí si, že je to strata času.
She thinks it's a waste of time.
Pomáhať druhým nikdy nie je stratou času.
Helping others is never a waste of time.
Tom si myslel, že stretnutie je stratou času.
Tom thought the meeting was a waste of time.
Strata kľúčov nám skomplikovala celý deň.
Losing the keys complicated our whole day.
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Source
Slovak National Corpus (SNK) ↗English gloss from the frequency publish path. Includes Tatoeba example sentences when present.
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