"shall we say" meaning in English

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          "text": "Your son's behaviour at school has been, shall we say, \"difficult\"."
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        "Used to make a statement less offensive."
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        "(parenthesis) Used to make a statement less offensive."
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          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make a statement less offensive",
          "word": "gewissermaßen"
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          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make a statement less offensive",
          "word": "quasi"
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          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make a statement less offensive",
          "word": "mehr oder weniger"
        }
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        "Used as a warning that the description may be imprecise."
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        "(parenthesis) Used as a warning that the description may be imprecise."
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "as a warning that the description may be imprecise or a private opinion",
          "word": "sagen wir mal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "as a warning that the description may be imprecise or a private opinion",
          "word": "wie man es ausdrücken könnte"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 93 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "as a warning that the description may be imprecise or a private opinion",
          "word": "sozusagen"
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  "word": "shall we say"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "Your son's behaviour at school has been, shall we say, \"difficult\"."
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        "Used to make a statement less offensive."
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        "(parenthesis) Used to make a statement less offensive."
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        "Used as a warning that the description may be imprecise."
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        "(parenthesis) Used as a warning that the description may be imprecise."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shall, we, say."
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a statement less offensive",
      "word": "gewissermaßen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a statement less offensive",
      "word": "quasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a statement less offensive",
      "word": "mehr oder weniger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "as a warning that the description may be imprecise or a private opinion",
      "word": "sagen wir mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "as a warning that the description may be imprecise or a private opinion",
      "word": "wie man es ausdrücken könnte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "as a warning that the description may be imprecise or a private opinion",
      "word": "sozusagen"
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