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"ref": "1980, Margaret Drabble, The Middle Ground",
"text": "Rabbit country, the working man's uncultivable terrain. Half a mile away, square open patches of yellow sand flatly glittered, and far on the horizon cranes and vast silver cylinders stood about, ghostly shining inhabitants of the marsh.",
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"In a physically flat or level manner."
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},
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"ref": "2023 August 30, “Gabon coup: The latest in a serious of military takeovers on the continent”, in BBC",
"text": "In 2017 in Zimbabwe, a military takeover brought Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule to and end. But one of the leaders, Maj Gen Sibusiso Moyo, appeared on television at the time, flatly denying it was a military takeover.",
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"_dis1": "7 54 39",
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"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "решително"
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"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
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"_dis1": "7 54 39",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "rozhodně"
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{
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"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
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"_dis1": "7 54 39",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "jyrkästi"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "kategorisch"
},
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "kategorycznie"
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"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
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"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
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"_dis1": "7 54 39",
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"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
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"text": "He replied flatly to the policeman's questions."
},
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"ref": "1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 119",
"text": "\"Sure you never heard of him?\" he asked incredulously. \"Never,\" I said flatly.",
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"ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 65",
"text": "\"It's barbarous, Norsus.\" \"It's Rome,\" said the giant flatly.",
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"In a manner that shows no emotion."
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"_dis1": "8 29 62",
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"roman": "bezstrastno",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "безстрастно"
},
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"_dis1": "8 29 62",
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"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "nevzrušeně"
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"_dis1": "8 29 62",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "chladně"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 29 62",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "bez zájmu"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 29 62",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "jednotvárně"
},
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"_dis1": "8 29 62",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "tunteettomasti"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 29 62",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "latteasti"
},
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"_dis1": "8 29 62",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "ausdruckslos"
},
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"_dis1": "8 29 62",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "emotionslos"
},
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"_dis1": "8 29 62",
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"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "beznamiętnie"
},
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"_dis1": "8 29 62",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "en redondo"
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"text": "Rabbit country, the working man's uncultivable terrain. Half a mile away, square open patches of yellow sand flatly glittered, and far on the horizon cranes and vast silver cylinders stood about, ghostly shining inhabitants of the marsh.",
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"text": "It was an accusation that he flatly denied."
},
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"text": "In 2017 in Zimbabwe, a military takeover brought Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule to and end. But one of the leaders, Maj Gen Sibusiso Moyo, appeared on television at the time, flatly denying it was a military takeover.",
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"In a definite manner; in a manner showing complete certainty."
],
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{
"text": "He replied flatly to the policeman's questions."
},
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"ref": "1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 119",
"text": "\"Sure you never heard of him?\" he asked incredulously. \"Never,\" I said flatly.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 65",
"text": "\"It's barbarous, Norsus.\" \"It's Rome,\" said the giant flatly.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"In a manner that shows no emotion."
],
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]
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],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rešitelno",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "решително"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kategorično",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "категорично"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "jednoznačně"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "rozhodně"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "kategoricky"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "jyrkästi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "kategorisch"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "kategorycznie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "categoricamente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "categóricamente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a manner showing complete certainty",
"word": "de plano"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezstrastno",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "безстрастно"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "nevzrušeně"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "chladně"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "bez zájmu"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "jednotvárně"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "tunteettomasti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "latteasti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "ausdruckslos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "emotionslos"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "beznamiętnie"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a manner that shows no emotions",
"word": "en redondo"
}
],
"word": "flatly"
}
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