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"text": "I think she's a lawyer or something.",
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{
"text": "What are you doing?! Are you trying to kill us or something?",
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},
{
"text": "It's not like I hate parks or something; I just think it's too cold outside today.",
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},
{
"ref": "2010, Belle de Jour, Playing the Game, Hachette UK",
"text": "So basically sexperts are reporters about sex, rather than sex professionals. Or something.",
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"Or something like that. Used to indicate the possibility that the preceding word or phrase is vague or not exactly correct in its applicability."
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"(idiomatic) Or something like that. Used to indicate the possibility that the preceding word or phrase is vague or not exactly correct in its applicability."
],
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"english": "when used with a negative",
"word": "or anything"
}
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "之類的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhīlèi de",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "之类的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "什麼的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shénme de",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "什么的"
},
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "of zo"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "of zoiets"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "tai jotain"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "oder so"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "vagy ilyesmi"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "vagy olyasmi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "o giù di lì"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "demo",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "でも"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "czy coś takiego"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "íli štó-to v étom róde",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "и́ли что́-то в э́том ро́де"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"note": "in a rhetorical question",
"roman": "štó li",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "что́ ли"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "falan"
}
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"text": "I think she's a lawyer or something.",
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},
{
"text": "What are you doing?! Are you trying to kill us or something?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "It's not like I hate parks or something; I just think it's too cold outside today.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Belle de Jour, Playing the Game, Hachette UK",
"text": "So basically sexperts are reporters about sex, rather than sex professionals. Or something.",
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],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "之類的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhīlèi de",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "之类的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "什麼的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shénme de",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "什么的"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "of zo"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "of zoiets"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "tai jotain"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "oder so"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "vagy ilyesmi"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "vagy olyasmi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "o giù di lì"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "demo",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "でも"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "czy coś takiego"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "íli štó-to v étom róde",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "и́ли что́-то в э́том ро́де"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "in a rhetorical question",
"roman": "štó li",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "что́ ли"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "or something like that",
"word": "falan"
}
],
"word": "or something"
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