See ואללה on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1975 January 17, מנחם תלמי [Menachem Talmi], “סיבוב בשכל [A Screw Loose]”, in Ma'ariv, number 9281, page 17:",
"text": "— וואללה, ניקח. מה שבא, ברוך הבא.",
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"ref": "1986 August 10, “ריטה, גברתי הנאווה (במרכז): \"ואללה, יותר טובה מזאהי ארמלי\" [Rita, My Fair Lady (Center): “Wow, Better than Zahi Armeli”]”, in Hadashot, number 739, page 17:",
"text": "ריטה, גברתי הנאווה (במרכז): ״ואללה, יותר טובה מזאהי ארמלי״.",
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"ref": "1991 January 1, “הפצועה מחברון: \"אני מאוד מבסוטית\" [The Injured Woman From Hebron: “I’m Very Pleased”]”, in Ma'ariv, page 3:",
"text": "״אני מבסוטית מאד־מאד. ואללה, מבסוטית מאד״, הגיבה אבתסאם עמרו, […]",
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"(Modern Israeli, colloquial) Wow!, really?, you don't say!, no kidding!"
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"word": "בֶּאֱמֶת"
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"text": "״אני מבסוטית מאד־מאד. ואללה, מבסוטית מאד״, הגיבה אבתסאם עמרו, […]",
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"Wow!, really?, you don't say!, no kidding!"
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"word": "ואללה"
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