See great Scott on Wiktionary
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"text": "Don’t understand? Land of—why, you see—you see—why, great Scott, can’t you understand a little thing like that? Can’t you understand the difference between your—why do you look so innocent and idiotic!",
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"text": "“It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags. Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I’ll swing for it!”\nSherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts.",
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"ref": "1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 249:",
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"ref": "1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 15, column 1:",
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"text": "The paddle-plug attached to the lightning rod on the clock tower is yanked out, and the cable drops down from the clock tower! / [EMMETT] BROWN / Great Scott! Kid---find the end of that cable---I'll throw the rope down to you!",
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"(dated) An exclamation of surprise or amazement"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "herranjestas"
},
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"lang": "French",
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"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "nom de Zeus"
},
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"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "diamine"
},
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"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "cospetto"
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"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "perbacco"
},
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"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "per Bacco baccone"
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"word": "per Bacco bacchissimo"
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"roman": "nandaru koto da",
"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "何だる事だ"
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"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "jösses"
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"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "แม่เจ้าโว้ย"
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"text": "Don’t understand? Land of—why, you see—you see—why, great Scott, can’t you understand a little thing like that? Can’t you understand the difference between your—why do you look so innocent and idiotic!",
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"text": "“It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags. Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I’ll swing for it!”\nSherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts.",
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157
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"text": "The paddle-plug attached to the lightning rod on the clock tower is yanked out, and the cable drops down from the clock tower! / [EMMETT] BROWN / Great Scott! Kid---find the end of that cable---I'll throw the rope down to you!",
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"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
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"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "diamine"
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"word": "cospetto"
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"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "perbacco"
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"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "per Bacco baccone"
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"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "per Bacco bacchissimo"
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"roman": "nandaru koto da",
"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "何だる事だ"
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"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "jösses"
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "exclamation of surprise or amazement",
"word": "แม่เจ้าโว้ย"
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],
"word": "great Scott"
}
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