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"text": "Having won the championship, he is, needless to say, a very happy man.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1951 September, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 623",
"text": "Some time ago I was on the footplate of an engine fresh from the shops after overhaul, and the combined efforts of driver and fireman were needed to open and close the regulator. Needless to say, the men were not in a very happy frame of mind.\"",
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"Clearly, obviously."
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"(idiomatic) Clearly, obviously."
],
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},
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"word": "not to mention"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razbira se",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "разбира се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùyán'éryù",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "不言而喻"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "不待說"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùdàishuō",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "不待说"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "sanomattakin selvästi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "silminnähden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "ilmiselvästi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "sanomattakin lienee selvää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "cela va sans dire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "selbstredend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "selbstverständlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "ohne Frage"
},
{
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"sense": "obviously",
"word": "ohne Zweifel"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "obviously",
"word": "zweifellos"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "obviously",
"word": "überflüssig zu erwähnen"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "obviously",
"word": "unnötig zu erwähnen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "mondanom se kell"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "inutile a dirsi"
},
{
"alt": "いうまでもない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iu made mo nai",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "言うまでもない"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "selvsagt"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "selvfølgelig"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "obviously",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "rzecz jasna"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"feminine"
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"word": "jasna rzecz"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "wiadomo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "samó sobój razuméjetsja",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "само́ собо́й разуме́ется"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "huelga decir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "ni que decir tiene"
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"(idiomatic) Clearly, obviously."
],
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razbira se",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "разбира се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùyán'éryù",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "不言而喻"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "不待說"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùdàishuō",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "不待说"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "sanomattakin selvästi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "silminnähden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "ilmiselvästi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "sanomattakin lienee selvää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "cela va sans dire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "selbstredend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "selbstverständlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "ohne Frage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "ohne Zweifel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "zweifellos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "überflüssig zu erwähnen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "unnötig zu erwähnen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "mondanom se kell"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "inutile a dirsi"
},
{
"alt": "いうまでもない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iu made mo nai",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "言うまでもない"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "selvsagt"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "selvfølgelig"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "obviously",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rzecz jasna"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "obviously",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jasna rzecz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "wiadomo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "samó sobój razuméjetsja",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "само́ собо́й разуме́ется"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "huelga decir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obviously",
"word": "ni que decir tiene"
}
],
"word": "needless to say"
}
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