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"lang": "French",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "bien sûr"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "vraiment"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "wirklich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "ernsthaft"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "im Ernst"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "truly",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "autentyk"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "pe bune"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "¿de veras?"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "på riktigt"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "gerçekten"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "cidden"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "baya"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "truly",
"word": "baya"
}
],
"word": "for real"
}
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