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{
"english": "What can I do? I'm just one person.",
"text": "Hwæt mæġ iċ dōn? Iċ neom būtan ān mann.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "After that, they chose a dictator to rule over the consuls, whose name was Decius Junius. He was only seventeen years old.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nÆfter þām hīe ġesetton tictātor þæt hē sċolde bēon hearra ofer þā consulas, sē wæs hāten Decius Iūnius. Hē næs būtan seofontīenewintre.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"merely, only, just"
],
"links": [
[
"merely",
"merely"
],
[
"only",
"only"
],
[
"just",
"just"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually with a negative) merely, only, just"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with a negative"
],
"tags": [
"usually"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbuː.tɑn/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "buton"
}
],
"word": "butan"
}
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