See in fact on Wiktionary
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"sense": "actually, in truth",
"word": "בְּעֶצֶם"
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"sense": "actually, in truth",
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"sense": "actually, in truth",
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"sense": "actually, in truth",
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{
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"sense": "actually, in truth",
"word": "in realtà"
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"sense": "actually, in truth",
"word": "koa"
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"word": "در حقیقت"
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{
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"sense": "actually, in truth",
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"word": "вообще́-то"
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"sense": "actually, in truth",
"word": "на са́мом де́ле"
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"word": "в действи́тельности"
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"word": "на де́ле"
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"word": "факти́чески"
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"word": "fácticamente"
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"sense": "actually, in truth",
"word": "ang totoo"
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"word": "jenöfo"
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