See tja on Wiktionary
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"english": "A sailboat requires a lot of maintenance, though. — Oh well, it's part of the game.",
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"english": "It can happen to anyone: an energy slump at work. Oh well, what to do about it?",
"ref": "2017 October 9, Bart van Eldert, “'Creatiever op je werk? Doe een dutje' ['Want to be more creative at work? Take a nap']”, in De Gelderlander, retrieved 2022-11-14:",
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"ref": "2022 October 17, Ingmar Vriesema, “Dan maar douchegel gebruiken als scheerschuim [Making do with shower gel in stead of shaving cream]”, in NRC Handelsblad, retrieved 2022-11-14:",
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"english": "Did you see the new Star Wars movie yet? — Well, I'm not into science fiction at all.",
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"english": "There were mostly over-50s in the audience. — Well, what do you expect at a Bach performance?",
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"pos": "intj",
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{
"word": "nja"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
45,
49
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
46,
49
]
],
"english": "Since then she had been legally regarded as… well, crazy.",
"ref": "2015, Stieg Larsson, Män som hatar kvinnor:",
"text": "Sedan dess hade hon juridiskt betraktats som… tja, knäpp.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an expression of doubt and uncertainty; well"
],
"links": [
[
"well",
"well"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/(t)ɕɑː/"
},
{
"homophone": "shah stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
}
],
"word": "tja"
}
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