"every so often" meaning in English

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          "text": "Check on the houseplants every so often to see if they need watering."
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        "Occasionally; intermittently; irregularly; now and then; once in a while."
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          "Occasionally",
          "occasionally"
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          "intermittently",
          "intermittently"
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          "irregularly",
          "irregularly"
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        [
          "now and then",
          "now and then"
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          "word": "time to time"
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        {
          "word": "now and then"
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        {
          "word": "once in a while"
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        {
          "word": "sometimes"
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      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "van tijd tot tijd"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "af en toe"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "de temps en temps"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "ab und zu"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sporadiká",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "σποραδικά"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katá kairoús",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "κατά καιρούς"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katá diastímata",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "κατά διαστήματα"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "ogni tanto"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "di tanto in tanto"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vremja ot vremeni",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "время от времени"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "de vez en cuando"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "då och då"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "lite då och då"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "med jämna mellanrum"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "every so often"
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      "word": "time to time"
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    {
      "word": "now and then"
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      "word": "once in a while"
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      "word": "sometimes"
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          "text": "Check on the houseplants every so often to see if they need watering."
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        "Occasionally; intermittently; irregularly; now and then; once in a while."
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          "intermittently",
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          "now and then",
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "van tijd tot tijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "af en toe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "de temps en temps"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "ab und zu"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sporadiká",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "σποραδικά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katá kairoús",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "κατά καιρούς"
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katá diastímata",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "κατά διαστήματα"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "ogni tanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "di tanto in tanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vremja ot vremeni",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "время от времени"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "de vez en cuando"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "då och då"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "lite då och då"
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      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "med jämna mellanrum"
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  "word": "every so often"
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