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"ref": "1837, Charles Dickens, chapter 56, in The Pickwick Papers",
"text": "If you vant a more polished sort o' feller, vell and good, have him; but vages or no vages, notice or no notice, board or no board, lodgin' or no lodgin', Sam Veller, as you took from the old inn in the Borough, sticks by you, come what may.",
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"ref": "1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 21, in Sir Nigel",
"text": "[W]e are here of a set purpose and we will go forward with it, come what may.",
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},
{
"ref": "2004 September 23, Tony Karon, “Allawi Rides to Bush's Rescue”, in Time",
"text": "Still, now the prime minister remains \"on message,\" reiterating that the election will be held in January, come what may.",
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{
"ref": "2018, Fiona Aghajanian, Harrison Druery, Michael Farren, Jaywan Maxwell, Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson (lyrics and music), “The Goodness of Jesus”, in Yet Not I",
"text": "May it be, come what may, that I rest all my days in the goodness of Jesus.",
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"In spite of anything that might happen; whatever may occur."
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"(idiomatic) In spite of anything that might happen; whatever may occur."
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"word": "come hell or high water"
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},
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"word": "be that as it may"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "مهما حصل"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "datorrena datorrela"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "vingui el que haurà de venir"
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{
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "passi el que haurà de passar"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "無論如何"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúlùnrúhé",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "无论如何"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "不管怎樣"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "bùguǎnzěnyàng",
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"word": "ať se děje co se děje"
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"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "buď jak buď"
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"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "wat er ook gebeurt"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "kävi miten kävi"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "advienne que pourra"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "quoiqu’il arrive"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "was auch passiert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "komme, was da wolle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "komme was wolle"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "lesz, ami lesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "bármi történjék is"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "akárhogy is lesz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "succeda quel che succeda"
},
{
"code": "mkh-mvi",
"lang": "Middle Vietnamese",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "lo gì sự ấy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "niech się dzieje, co chce"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "aconteça o que acontecer"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "budʹ što búdet",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "будь что бу́дет"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "pase lo que pase"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "venga lo que venga"
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"ref": "1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 21, in Sir Nigel",
"text": "[W]e are here of a set purpose and we will go forward with it, come what may.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004 September 23, Tony Karon, “Allawi Rides to Bush's Rescue”, in Time",
"text": "Still, now the prime minister remains \"on message,\" reiterating that the election will be held in January, come what may.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2018, Fiona Aghajanian, Harrison Druery, Michael Farren, Jaywan Maxwell, Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson (lyrics and music), “The Goodness of Jesus”, in Yet Not I",
"text": "May it be, come what may, that I rest all my days in the goodness of Jesus.",
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"(idiomatic) In spite of anything that might happen; whatever may occur."
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "مهما حصل"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "datorrena datorrela"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "vingui el que haurà de venir"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "passi el que haurà de passar"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "無論如何"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúlùnrúhé",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "无论如何"
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"sense": "idiomatic",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùguǎnzěnyàng",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "不管怎样"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "ať se děje co se děje"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "buď jak buď"
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"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "wat er ook gebeurt"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "kävi miten kävi"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "advienne que pourra"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "quoiqu’il arrive"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "was auch passiert"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "komme, was da wolle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "komme was wolle"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "lesz, ami lesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "bármi történjék is"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "akárhogy is lesz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "succeda quel che succeda"
},
{
"code": "mkh-mvi",
"lang": "Middle Vietnamese",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "lo gì sự ấy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "niech się dzieje, co chce"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "aconteça o que acontecer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "budʹ što búdet",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "будь что бу́дет"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "pase lo que pase"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "idiomatic",
"word": "venga lo que venga"
}
],
"word": "come what may"
}
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