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"examples": [
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"text": "I visited Canada in 1996—no, I tell a lie, in 1997.",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not."
],
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"links": [
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"mistaken",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly British, idiomatic) I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "I stand corrected"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "that's not right"
},
{
"word": "that's not so"
}
],
"tags": [
"British",
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "kecám"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "zpět"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "ma valetan"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "motoi",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "もとい"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "pomyliłem się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "minto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vru",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "вру"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "miento"
}
]
}
],
"word": "I tell a lie"
}
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"text": "I visited Canada in 1996—no, I tell a lie, in 1997.",
"type": "example"
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],
"glosses": [
"I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not."
],
"links": [
[
"mistaken",
"mistaken"
],
[
"realise",
"realise"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly British, idiomatic) I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "that's not right"
},
{
"word": "that's not so"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "kecám"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "zpět"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "ma valetan"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "motoi",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "もとい"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "pomyliłem się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "minto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vru",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "вру"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "I am mistaken",
"word": "miento"
}
],
"word": "I tell a lie"
}
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