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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "czemu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "jak to"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "why",
"word": "por quê"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "why",
"word": "como"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "why",
"word": "cum se face"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "why",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "cum de"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú že",
"sense": "why",
"word": "почему́ же"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú",
"sense": "why",
"word": "почему́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú éto",
"sense": "why",
"word": "почему́ э́то"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kak tak",
"sense": "why",
"word": "как так"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kak eto tak",
"sense": "why",
"word": "как это так"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "¿cómo es que"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "¿por qué"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "hur kommer det sig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "varför"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "why",
"word": "bakit"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jak tak",
"sense": "why",
"word": "як так"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "why",
"word": "tại sao"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "why",
"word": "tai sao"
}
],
"word": "how come"
}
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