See nice try in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Used to express that somebody made a worthy attempt."
],
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"(informal) Used to express that somebody made a worthy attempt."
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "hyvä yritys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "yritys hyvä kymmenen"
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"word": "bien essayé"
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "guter Versuch"
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{
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"(informal) Used to express that somebody made a worthy attempt."
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"word": "bien essayé"
},
{
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "guter Versuch"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"word": "nieźle"
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{
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"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "bra försök"
}
],
"word": "nice try"
}
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