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"ref": "1978, Debbie Harry, Nigel Harrison (lyrics and music), “One Way or Another”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie",
"text": "One way or another, I'm going to find ya / I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya",
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"Somehow, but certainly."
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"(informal) Somehow, but certainly."
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"word": "by hook or by crook"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
"word": "sigui com vulgui"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
"word": "de tronc o de bronc"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
"word": "tavalla tai toisella"
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"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
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"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
"word": "mar siud no mar seo"
},
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"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
"word": "a dh'olc no a dh'èiginn"
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"word": "de un modo u otro"
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"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
"word": "por h o por b"
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"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
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"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
"word": "öyle ya da böyle"
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"ref": "1978, Debbie Harry, Nigel Harrison (lyrics and music), “One Way or Another”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie",
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"word": "mar siud no mar seo"
},
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"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
"word": "a dh'olc no a dh'èiginn"
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"word": "på ett sätt eller ett annat"
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"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
"word": "öyle ya da böyle"
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"roman": "tak čy inákše",
"sense": "somehow, but certainly",
"word": "так чи іна́кше"
}
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"word": "one way or another"
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