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"text": "Near-synonyms: God knows, who knows, I don't know"
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"A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor would be able to know it; sometimes therefore also implying that the asker was wrong to ask the askee at all."
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"roman": "kayfa lī an a’rifa?",
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"word": "كَيْفَ لِي أَنْ أَعْرِفَ؟"
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"word": "weet ik veel"
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"word": "mistä minä tietäisin?"
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"roman": "az kojâ bedânam?",
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"word": "از کجا بدانم؟"
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"word": "bo ja wiem"
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"word": "como eu vou saber"
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"roman": "otkúda ja znáju?",
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"word": "отку́да я зна́ю?"
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"roman": "otkúda mne znatʹ?",
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"word": "отку́да мне знать?"
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"word": "weet ik veel"
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"word": "mistä minä tietäisin?"
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"word": "qu’est-ce que j’en sais"
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"roman": "az kojâ bedânam?",
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"word": "از کجا بدانم؟"
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "bo ja wiem"
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"word": "como eu vou saber"
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"roman": "otkúda ja znáju?",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "отку́да я зна́ю?"
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"word": "отку́да мне знать?"
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