See so to speak on Wiktionary
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "in gewisser Weise"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kivyakhól",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "כִּבְיָכוֹל"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "úgyszólván"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "úgymond"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "mondhatni"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "hogy úgy mondjam"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "quaze"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "in un certo senso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "per così dire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "in qualche modo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "in qualche maniera"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "marude",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "丸で"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "marude",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "まるで"
},
{
"alt": "いわば",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iwaba",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "言わば"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "hema bêje"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "hema hema"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "tamquam"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "taka da se kaže",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "така да се каже"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "taka da se reče",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "така да се рече"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ennavāccāl",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "എന്നവാച്ചാൽ"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "aṅṅaneyeṅkil",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "അങ്ങനെയെങ്കിൽ"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "biex ngħidu hekk"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "så å si"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "mer eller mindre"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "så å seia"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "meir eller mindre"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "per ansin díser"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "per aital díser"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "jakby"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "w pewnym sensie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "że tak powiem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "por assim dizer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "de certa forma"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "digamos assim"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "ca să zic așa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tak skazátʹ",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "так сказа́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "такорѐћи"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "takorèći"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "por así decirlo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "por decirlo así"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "digamos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "como quien dice"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "para entendernos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "se entiende"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "så att säga"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "deyim yerindeyse"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "tabiri caize"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tak by móvyty",
"sense": "in a manner of speaking",
"word": "так би мо́вити"
}
],
"word": "so to speak"
}
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