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need

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Zem môže uspokojiť naše potreby, ale nie našu chamtivosť.
The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
Deti majú potrebu hrať sa vonku každý deň.
Children have a need to play outside every day.
V prípade potreby zavolajte na pohotovosť.
In case of need call the emergency service.
Obchod pokrýva potrebu domácností v okolí.
The shop covers the needs of households nearby.
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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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