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"etymology_text": "Perhaps an ellipsis of \"(can you) guess what I am about to say/what happened next?\"",
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"ref": "2007, David Richmond, The Software Entrepreneur’s Template, page 15",
"text": "Guess what the top two success drivers were from his detailed research: a unique, superior, differentiated product; strong market orientation and voice of the customer built in. Guess what the top two deficiencies were: lack of market orientation; poor quality of execution.",
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"ref": "2011, Bob Merritt, When Life's Not Working: 7 Simple Choices for a Better Tomorrow, page 57",
"text": "She started down on one end, and whether she knew you or not, she walked right up to you, got six inches away from your face, and said, “Guess what, I won!”",
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{
"ref": "2011, Jen Jones, The Girl's Guide to Wizards: Everything Magical about These Spellbinders, page 17",
"text": "Have you ever said “abracadabra”, “hocus pocus”, or “presto chango”? Well, guess what? You were casting a spell!",
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"(idiomatic, by ellipsis, rhetoric question) Used to introduce a surprising outcome or one that the hearer is not expected to try to guess."
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"text": "I've only had two job interviews and – guess what – no job offers."
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"ref": "2011, Sandra Gila, Vortex: The Journey of a Nursing Home Survivor, page 160",
"text": "Yesterday evening at 6:30 P.M. there's a new charge nurse, he's going to give me my seizure medication and guess what? There isn't any!",
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"(idiomatic) Used to dramatize the introduction of an unsurprising outcome."
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "raad eens"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "arvaa mitä"
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"_dis1": "6 41 53",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "devine quoi"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 41 53",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "je te le donne en mille"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "rate mal"
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"word": "raad mal"
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"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "wiesz co"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 41 53",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "adivinha"
},
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"_dis1": "6 41 53",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "ghici ce"
},
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"roman": "prikinʹ",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "прикинь"
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"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "adivina qué"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "gissa vad"
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"etymology_text": "Perhaps an ellipsis of \"(can you) guess what I am about to say/what happened next?\"",
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"text": "Guess what the top two success drivers were from his detailed research: a unique, superior, differentiated product; strong market orientation and voice of the customer built in. Guess what the top two deficiencies were: lack of market orientation; poor quality of execution.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2011, Bob Merritt, When Life's Not Working: 7 Simple Choices for a Better Tomorrow, page 57",
"text": "She started down on one end, and whether she knew you or not, she walked right up to you, got six inches away from your face, and said, “Guess what, I won!”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Jen Jones, The Girl's Guide to Wizards: Everything Magical about These Spellbinders, page 17",
"text": "Have you ever said “abracadabra”, “hocus pocus”, or “presto chango”? Well, guess what? You were casting a spell!",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"(idiomatic, by ellipsis, rhetoric question) Used to introduce a surprising outcome or one that the hearer is not expected to try to guess."
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"text": "I've only had two job interviews and – guess what – no job offers."
},
{
"ref": "2011, Sandra Gila, Vortex: The Journey of a Nursing Home Survivor, page 160",
"text": "Yesterday evening at 6:30 P.M. there's a new charge nurse, he's going to give me my seizure medication and guess what? There isn't any!",
"type": "quotation"
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"Used to dramatize the introduction of an unsurprising outcome."
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"(idiomatic) Used to dramatize the introduction of an unsurprising outcome."
],
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"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "you know what"
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"translations": [
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "raad eens"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "arvaa mitä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "devine quoi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "je te le donne en mille"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "rate mal"
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{
"code": "nds-de",
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"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"tags": [
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"word": "raad mal"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "wiesz co"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "adivinha"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "ghici ce"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikinʹ",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "прикинь"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "adivina qué"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "used to dramatize the unsurprising",
"word": "gissa vad"
}
],
"word": "guess what"
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