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"ref": "1955, Rex Stout, \"When a Man Murders...\", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, page 120",
"text": "\"Who says he did?\" / \"Aubry.\" / \"Yeah? A guy in for murder? Come again.\" / \"Glad to. Beebe says so too.\""
},
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"ref": "1994, Pulp Fiction",
"text": "Vincent: A \"please\" would be nice. / The Wolf: Come again? / Vincent: I said a \"please\" would be nice. / The Wolf: Get it straight, Buster. I'm not here to say \"please\". I'm here to tell you what to do.",
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"(idiomatic) Used as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit."
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "歡迎再次光臨"
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"roman": "huānyíng zàicì guānglín",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "欢迎再次光临"
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"word": "tervetuloa uudelleen"
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"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "au plaisir"
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"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "re·bataibo"
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"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "besuchen Sie uns gerne wieder"
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"_dis1": "27 73",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "besuchen Sie uns baId wieder"
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"_dis1": "27 73",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "kommen Sie bald wieder"
},
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"_dis1": "27 73",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "jöjjön/jöjjenek máskor is (el)"
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"_dis1": "27 73",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "zapraszamy ponownie"
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"_dis1": "27 73",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "volte sempre"
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{
"_dis1": "27 73",
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"roman": "prixodíte ješčó",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "приходи́те ещё"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "será un placer volver a verle"
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"_dis1": "27 73",
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"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "vuelva pronto"
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"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "välkommen åter"
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"_dis1": "27 73",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "balik ka ulit"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "你說什麼"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nǐ shuō shénme",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
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"word": "toistaisitko?"
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "plaît-il"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "comment"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "quoi"
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "wie bitte"
},
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "bitte"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "nochmal bitte"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "tessék?"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "prego?"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "come scusa?"
},
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "o quê?"
},
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "como?"
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "poftim?"
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"roman": "kak-kak?",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "как-как?"
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "¿perdón?"
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"english": "N Mexico",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "¿mande?"
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"code": "srn",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "taki en baka"
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "ursäkta?"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "paki-ulit?"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "pwedeng paki-ulit?"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "maḷḷī ceppaṇḍi",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "మళ్ళీ చెప్పండి"
}
],
"word": "come again"
}
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"English idioms",
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"ref": "1955, Rex Stout, \"When a Man Murders...\", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, page 120",
"text": "\"Who says he did?\" / \"Aubry.\" / \"Yeah? A guy in for murder? Come again.\" / \"Glad to. Beebe says so too.\""
},
{
"ref": "1994, Pulp Fiction",
"text": "Vincent: A \"please\" would be nice. / The Wolf: Come again? / Vincent: I said a \"please\" would be nice. / The Wolf: Get it straight, Buster. I'm not here to say \"please\". I'm here to tell you what to do.",
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"(idiomatic, informal, by ellipsis) A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise."
],
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"word": "say again"
}
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"Used as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit."
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"(idiomatic) Used as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit."
],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "你說什麼"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nǐ shuō shénme",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "你说什么"
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],
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},
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
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"word": "toistaisitko?"
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "plaît-il"
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "comment"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "quoi"
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"word": "hein"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "wie bitte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "bitte"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "nochmal bitte"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "tessék?"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "prego?"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "come scusa?"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "o quê?"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "como?"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "poftim?"
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "как-как?"
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"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "¿perdón?"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "¿mande?"
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{
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"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "taki en baka"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "ursäkta?"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "paki-ulit?"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "pwedeng paki-ulit?"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "maḷḷī ceppaṇḍi",
"sense": "could you repeat that",
"word": "మళ్ళీ చెప్పండి"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "歡迎再次光臨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huānyíng zàicì guānglín",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "欢迎再次光临"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "tervetuloa uudelleen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "au plaisir"
},
{
"code": "grt",
"lang": "Garo",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "re·bataibo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "besuchen Sie uns gerne wieder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "besuchen Sie uns baId wieder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "kommen Sie bald wieder"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "jöjjön/jöjjenek máskor is (el)"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "zapraszamy ponownie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "volte sempre"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prixodíte ješčó",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "приходи́те ещё"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "será un placer volver a verle"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "vuelva pronto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "välkommen åter"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "polite farewell, inviting return visit",
"word": "balik ka ulit"
}
],
"word": "come again"
}
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