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"word": "صُدْفَةً"
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "le tuiteamas"
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "kwa nasibu"
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "av en slump"
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "şans eseri"
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"roman": "vypadkóvo",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"_dis1": "94 6",
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"roman": "aćānak",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"_dis1": "94 6",
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"roman": "aćānak sē",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "tình cờ"
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"text": "Are you by chance looking for the exit?",
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"Possibly; perhaps."
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"roman": "ṣudfatan",
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"roman": "vypadkóva",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"roman": "slučájno",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "случа́йно"
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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},
{
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "剛好"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gānghǎo",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "刚好"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "ǒurán",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "náhodou"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "tilfældigt"
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "toevallig"
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "okaze"
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{
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "hazarde"
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{
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "sattumalta"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "sattumoisin"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "d’aventure"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "par hasard"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "par rencontre"
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{
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "zufällig"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "von ungefähr"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tychaía",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "τυχαία"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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{
"code": "io",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "hazarde"
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{
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "per caso"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "casualmente"
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"roman": "gūzen",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"roman": "uyeonhi",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "우연히"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "fortuītō"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "temere"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "slučajno",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "случајно"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "tilfeldigvis"
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "tilfeldigvis"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "ettefâqan",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "اتفاقاً"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "przypadkowo"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "przypadkiem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "por acaso"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "casualmente"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "din întâmplare"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "din noroc"
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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{
"code": "sw",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "kwa nasibu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "av en slump"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "şans eseri"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "vypadkóvo",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "випадко́во"
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{
"code": "ur",
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"roman": "aćānak",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "اچانک"
},
{
"code": "ur",
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"roman": "aćānak sē",
"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "اچانک سے"
},
{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
"word": "tình cờ"
},
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"sense": "unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)",
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"word": "by chance"
}
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