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"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "sunaaffa!"
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"sense": "used to express surprise",
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"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "bak sen"
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},
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"word": "kijk eens!"
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"sense": "used to express surprise",
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"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "et voilà!"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "tiens, tiens!"
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"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "siehe da!"
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"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "sunaaffa!"
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"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "והפלא ופלא"
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"sense": "used to express surprise"
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"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "guarda caso"
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"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "見よ"
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"roman": "odoroku beki kotoni",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "驚くべきことに"
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ja, bosira",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "자, 보시라"
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "žiūrėk tu man"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "har du sett"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "patrzcie!"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "veja só"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "ia te uită"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vot te ná",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "вот те на́"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smotrí-ka",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "смотри́-ка"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gljadʹ",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "глядь"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "o čúdo",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "о чу́до"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vot čudesá",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "вот чудеса́"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"tags": [
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"word": "i gle čuda!"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "¡y quién lo iba a decir!"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "¡que sorpresa!"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "hör och häpna"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "bak sen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "used to express surprise",
"word": "bak şu işe"
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"word": "lo and behold"
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