Download JSON data for alright meaning in English (5.6kB)
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"text": "Where ever I go, both to and fro You have my heart alright."
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"ref": "1922 : Ulysses by James Joyce, chapter 18",
"text": "…if I went by his advices every blessed hat I put on does that suit me yes take that thats alright the one like a wedding cake standing up miles off my head…"
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"ref": "1932 : \"Goodbye, Christ\" by Langston Hughes",
"text": "You did alright in your day, I reckon— But that day's gone now."
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"text": "Bladyughfoulmoecklenburgwhurawhorascortastrumpapornanennykocksapastippatappatupperstrippuckputtanach, eh? You have it alright."
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"ref": "2000 : House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, page 105",
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"text": "Where ever I go, both to and fro You have my heart alright."
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"text": "…if I went by his advices every blessed hat I put on does that suit me yes take that thats alright the one like a wedding cake standing up miles off my head…"
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"text": "Bladyughfoulmoecklenburgwhurawhorascortastrumpapornanennykocksapastippatappatupperstrippuckputtanach, eh? You have it alright."
},
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