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"text": "It had been no easy matter when he first drifted in mysteriously out of nowhere to their little mountain cottage.",
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"ref": "2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London)",
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"In an unexpected or inexplicable manner of arrival or occurrence."
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"(idiomatic) In an unexpected or inexplicable manner of arrival or occurrence."
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "uit het niets"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "als een donderslag bij heldere hemel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
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},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "aus heiterem Himmel"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "a semmiből"
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "dal nulla"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "come un fulmine a ciel sereno"
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "da cartola"
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"roman": "otkúda ni vozʹmísʹ",
"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "отку́да ни возьми́сь"
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"word": "de la nada"
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "bir anda"
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
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"word": "uit het niets"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "als een donderslag bij heldere hemel"
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "kuin tyhjästä"
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "puun takaa"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "puskista"
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "de nulle part"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "aus heiterem Himmel"
},
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "a semmiből"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "dal nulla"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "come un fulmine a ciel sereno"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "all'improvviso"
},
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "inaspettatamente"
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "ingensteds fra"
},
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "nāhwanon"
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "znikąd"
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "do nada"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "da cartola"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkúda ni vozʹmísʹ",
"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "отку́да ни возьми́сь"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "de la nada"
},
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "bir anda"
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"sense": "unexpectedly or unexplicably",
"word": "durduk yere"
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