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},
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"text": "Why do you always have to make such a big deal of tiny punctuation errors?",
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"word": "gran cosa"
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"word": "голя́ма ра́бота!"
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"word": "噉又點呀"
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"roman": "gam² jau⁶ dim² aa³",
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"word": "to je toho"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "so what",
"word": "no a co má být"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "so what",
"word": "mitä sitten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "so what",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "so what",
"tags": [
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"word": "la belle affaire !"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "et puis"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "et alors"
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{
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"sense": "so what",
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{
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"sense": "so what",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "so what",
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],
"word": "bella forza"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "so what",
"word": "e allora"
},
{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "golema rabota!",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "голема работа!"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "so what",
"word": "grande coisa"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"word": "grande merda"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "podúmaješʹ!",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "поду́маешь!"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nu i štó ž?",
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"word": "ну и что́ ж?"
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"sense": "so what",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"code": "fi",
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"roman": "goljáma rábota!",
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"word": "голя́ма ра́бота!"
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"sense": "so what",
"word": "噉又點呀"
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"roman": "gam² jau⁶ dim² aa³",
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"roman": "suǒyǐ ne",
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"word": "to je toho"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "no a co má být"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "mitä sitten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "entä sitten"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "so what",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "la belle affaire !"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "et puis"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "et alors"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "auch schon was"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "nagy ügy"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "so what",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bella forza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "e allora"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "golema rabota!",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "голема работа!"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "golem kur",
"sense": "so what",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "голем кур"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "grande coisa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "so what",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "grande merda"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podúmaješʹ!",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "поду́маешь!"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nu i štó ž?",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "ну и что́ ж?"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "än sen?"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "hıh"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "so what",
"word": "o da bir şey mi"
}
],
"word": "big deal"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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