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"word": "სხვათა შორის"
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"word": "per vostra informazione"
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"word": "참고로"
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"word": "para su información"
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"word": "لمعلوماتك"
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"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "供您参考"
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"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "ter informatie"
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{
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"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "tiedoksesi"
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"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "tiedoksenne"
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"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "pour info"
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"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
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"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "pour votre gouverne"
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"roman": "sxvata šoris",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "სხვათა შორის"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "zu deiner Information"
},
{
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "zu Ihrer Information"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gia tin plirofórisí sas",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "για την πληροφόρησή σας"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "tájékoztatásul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"tags": [
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"word": "csak hogy tudd"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "per vostra informazione"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gosankō made",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "ご参考まで"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chamgoro",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "참고로"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jahat-e ettelâ'",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "جهت اطلاع"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "do twojej wiadomości"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "dla twojej wiadomości"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "para a sua informação"
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"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "para seu governo"
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"word": "к вашему сведению"
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"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "para tu información"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "Usted form",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "para su información"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
"word": "bilginize"
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"sense": "used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement",
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