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"A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor would be able to know it."
],
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "I don't know"
},
{
"word": "God knows"
},
{
"word": "who knows"
},
{
"word": "how am I to know"
},
{
"word": "how do I know"
},
{
"word": "how would I know"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "weet ik veel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mistä minä tietäisin?"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "qu’est-ce que j’en sais"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "bo ja wiem"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkúda ja znáju?",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "отку́да я зна́ю?"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkúda mne znatʹ?",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "отку́да мне знать?"
}
]
}
],
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/En-au-how_should_I_know.ogg/En-au-how_should_I_know.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/En-au-how_should_I_know.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "how should I know"
}
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"A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor would be able to know it."
],
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"Australia"
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "I don't know"
},
{
"word": "God knows"
},
{
"word": "who knows"
},
{
"word": "how am I to know"
},
{
"word": "how do I know"
},
{
"word": "how would I know"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "weet ik veel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mistä minä tietäisin?"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "qu’est-ce que j’en sais"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "bo ja wiem"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkúda ja znáju?",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "отку́да я зна́ю?"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkúda mne znatʹ?",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "отку́да мне знать?"
}
],
"word": "how should I know"
}
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