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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "kvázi"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "lyg"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "tarytum"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "as dat weer"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "što se vika",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "што се вика"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "ētia"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "mer eller mindre"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "niejako"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "por assim dizer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "digamos assim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tak skazátʹ",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "так сказа́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "mar gum biodh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "maltene",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "малтене"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "digamos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "por así decirlo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "typ"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "så att säga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "liksom"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "fel petai"
},
{
"alt": "kev(i)yokhl",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"sense": "to indicate a word or statement is not exact",
"word": "כּבֿיכול"
}
],
"word": "as it were"
}
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