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"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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"word": "de quand en quand"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "od czasu do czasu"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "vez por outra"
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{
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"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "de vez em quando"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "câteodată"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "uneori"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "când și când"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"word": "ara sıra"
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"word": "bazen"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "час від ча́су"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "de temps en temps"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "de temps à autre"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xangamošvebit",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "ხანგამოშვებით"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "drogamošvebit",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "დროგამოშვებით"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣amdauc̣um",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "წამდაუწუმ"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳanṭiḳunṭad",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "კანტიკუნტად"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "drodadro",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "დროდადრო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "hin und wieder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "ab und zu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "mitunter"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "póte-póte",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "πότε-πότε"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "poú kai poú",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "πού και πού"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "hébe-hóba"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "egyszer-egyszer"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "időnként"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "olykor"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "néha"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "olykor-olykor"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "néha-néha"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "ab un zu"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "stöku sinnum"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "tempope"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "anois is arís"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "anois agus arís"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "di tanto in tanto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "ogni tanto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tokidoki",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "時々"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tama ni",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "偶に"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "lư̄ai lư̄ai",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "ເລື້ອຍໆ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "interdum"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "av og til"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "nå og da"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "de quand en quand"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "od czasu do czasu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "raz na jakiś czas"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "vez por outra"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "de vez em quando"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "ocasionalmente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "câteodată"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "uneori"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "când și când"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "to i délo",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "то и де́ло"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vremenámi",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "времена́ми"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vrémja ot vrémeni",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "вре́мя от вре́мени"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "an-dràsta 's a-rithist"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "corra uair"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ту и тамо"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "с времена на време"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "некад и некад"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sada i tada"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "s vremena na vrijeme"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "de vez en cuando"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "av och till"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "till och från"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "då och då"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "paminsan-minsan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "ara sıra"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "bazen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čas vid čásu",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "час від ча́су"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently",
"word": "bob hyn a hyn"
}
],
"word": "now and then"
}
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