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{
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "mitäänsanomaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "keskinkertainen"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kakhah-kakhah",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
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"word": "ככה-ככה"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "così cosà"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "passe"
},
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "tak sobie"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tak sebé",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "так себе́"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne očenʹ",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "не очень"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sredne",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "средне"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "más o menos"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "bình thường"
}
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],
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"Neither very well nor very poorly."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "niin ja näin"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
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"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "comme ci comme ça"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "couci-couça"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "so lala"
},
{
"code": "lou",
"lang": "Louisiana Creole",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "kom-çi-kom-ça"
},
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "tak sobie"
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"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
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},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "más o menos"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "şöyle böyle"
}
]
}
],
"word": "comme ci comme ça"
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{
"word": "meh"
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{
"word": "mediocre"
},
{
"word": "middling"
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{
"word": "lackluster"
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{
"word": "okay"
},
{
"word": "so-so"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "mitäänsanomaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "keskinkertainen"
},
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "kakhah-kakhah",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
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"feminine",
"slang"
],
"word": "ככה-ככה"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "così cosà"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "passe"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "tak sobie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tak sebé",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "так себе́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne očenʹ",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "не очень"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sredne",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "средне"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "más o menos"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "neither good nor bad",
"word": "bình thường"
}
],
"word": "comme ci comme ça"
}
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"Neither very well nor very poorly."
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"word": "blandly"
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{
"word": "indifferently"
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{
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{
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"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "niin ja näin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "keskinkertaisesti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "comme ci comme ça"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "couci-couça"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "so lala"
},
{
"code": "lou",
"lang": "Louisiana Creole",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "kom-çi-kom-ça"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "tak sobie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tak sebé",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "так себе́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "más o menos"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "şöyle böyle"
}
],
"word": "comme ci comme ça"
}
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