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"text": "In so many words, he asked me to give him the answers to the test."
},
{
"text": "He said he liked you. At least, not in so many words, but that was the idea."
},
{
"ref": "2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections",
"text": "\"I never asked you to get that drug,\" he said.\n\"Not in so many words,\" she said.\n\"What do you mean by that?\"\n\"Well, a fat lot of fun we were going to have without it.\"",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "sanasta sanaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "kirjaimellisesti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "mot pour mot"
},
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"word": "texto"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"word": "senza peli sulla lingua"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "a chiare lettere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "senza mezze parole"
},
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "facal air an fhacal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "ord för ord"
},
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "kelimesi kelimesine"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "harfi harfine"
},
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}
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"text": "In so many words, he asked me to give him the answers to the test."
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"text": "He said he liked you. At least, not in so many words, but that was the idea."
},
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"ref": "2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "sanasta sanaan"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "kirjaimellisesti"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "mot pour mot"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "texto"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "senza peli sulla lingua"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"word": "a chiare lettere"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "senza mezze parole"
},
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"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "facal air an fhacal"
},
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "verbatim",
"word": "ord för ord"
},
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"word": "kelimesi kelimesine"
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"lang": "Turkish",
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"word": "harfi harfine"
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