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Preposition [English]

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  1. Because of; normally used with a positive connotation, though it can be used sarcastically. Translations (because of): danksy (Afrikaans), بِفَضْل (bifaḍl) (Arabic), بِسَبَبِ (bisababi) (Arabic), بفضل (befaḍl) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), арҡаһында (arqahında) (Bashkir), дзя́куючы (dzjákujučy) (Belarusian), gràcies a (Catalan), 由於 /由于 (yóuyú) (Chinese Mandarin), díky (Czech), takket være (Danish), dankzij (Dutch), met dank aan (Dutch), dank' al (Esperanto), ansiosta [postpositional, with-genitive] (Finnish), kiitos [with-genitive] (Finnish), grâce à (French), grazas a (Galician), dank (German), χάρη σε (chári se) (Greek), הודות ל־ (hodot le-) (Hebrew), köszönhetően (Hungarian), þökk sé (Icelandic), karena (Indonesian), berkat (Indonesian), gratias a (Interlingua), grazie a (Italian), おかげで (okage de) (Japanese), арқасында (arqasynda) (Kazakh), 덕택에 (deoktaege) (Korean), bi saya serê (Northern Kurdish), дзекуюци (dzekujuci) (Pannonian Rusyn), 𐤁𐤏𐤁𐤓 (bʿbr) (Phoenician), dzięki (Polish), graças a (Portuguese), mulțumită (Romanian), datorită (Romanian), благодаря́ (blagodarjá) (Russian), захваљујући [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), zahvaljujući [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), gracias a (Spanish), merced a (Spanish), tack vare (Swedish), завдяки́ (zavdjaký) (Ukrainian), بَدَولَت (badaulat) (Urdu), nhờ vào (Vietnamese), nhờ (Vietnamese), diolch i (Welsh)
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      "roman": "badaulat",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "بَدَولَت"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "nhờ vào"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "nhờ"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "because of",
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