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"text": "No leh, it's right here. ― No? It's right here.",
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"ref": "2002 May 14, Niamh O’Leary, The Straits Times, Singapore, page L2",
"text": "OK, this one, leh?",
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"ref": "2010 August 22, Fiona Chan, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 13",
"text": "You got send [e-mail] meh? I never receive leh.",
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"ref": "2005 April 22, Lee Kin Mun, Today, Singapore, page 30",
"text": "Thirty-five thousand jobs, leh. Not something to sneeze at.",
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"text": "No leh, it's right here. ― No? It's right here.",
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},
{
"ref": "2002 May 14, Niamh O’Leary, The Straits Times, Singapore, page L2",
"text": "OK, this one, leh?",
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"text": "You got send [e-mail] meh? I never receive leh.",
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"text": "It's next week leh. ― Just so you know, it's next week.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2005 April 22, Lee Kin Mun, Today, Singapore, page 30",
"text": "Thirty-five thousand jobs, leh. Not something to sneeze at.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Highlights new and relevant information."
],
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"new",
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"relevant",
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"text": "Close the door leh. ― Why don't you close the door?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1994, C.S. Chong, NS: An Air-Level Story, page 29",
"text": "Sing us a song, leh.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Marks a tentative request or reminder."
],
"links": [
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"tentative",
"tentative#English"
]
],
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"Manglish",
"Singlish"
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"ipa": "/lɛ˧/",
"note": "Senses 1, 3"
},
{
"ipa": "/le˧/",
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},
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"ipa": "[lɛ˦]",
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