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"ref": "1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe",
"text": "I waited — not to share the booty, for, so help me God and Saint Withold! as neither I nor any of mine will touch the value of a liard, — I waited but to render my thanks to thee and to thy bold yeomen, for the life and honour ye have saved.",
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"ref": "1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Wife of Bath's Prologue”, in Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977",
"text": "He came up close and kneeling gently down\nHe said, \"My love, my dearest Alison,\nSo help me God, I never again will hit\nYou, love; and if I did, you asked for it.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15",
"text": "At approximately 2:40 p.m. Central Standard Time Malcolm Kilduff held a dictating machine in front of us (a tape recorder was not available) and I repeated the oath of office after Judge Hughes:\nI do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2008, James Slater, Like Phosphorescent Desert Buttons, page 98",
"text": "You try it Mister, and so help me God I will make sure you spend the rest of your non-adult life bouncing off the mattressy walls of a psych ward.",
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"Used as an oath, a promise that an action will be carried out"
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"word": "there but for the grace of God go I"
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"word": "so help me"
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{
"word": "so help me Bob"
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{
"word": "so help me cat"
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{
"word": "so help me tater"
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{
"word": "so help me tatur"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "我敢斷言，千真萬確"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "我敢断言"
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"roman": "wǒ gǎn duànyán, qiānzhēnwànquè",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "千真万确"
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"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "zo helpe mij God"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "Jumala minua varjelkoon"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "que Dieu me vienne en aide"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "so wahr mir Gott helfe"
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hoútō nûn Zeùs theíē",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "οὕτω νῦν Ζεὺς θείη"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "Isten engem úgy segéljen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "che Dio mi aiuti"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "in Dio confido"
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"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "medius fidius"
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"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "swā helpe mē God"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "tak mi dopomóż Bóg"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "Que Deus me ajude"
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"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "așa să-mi ajute Dumnezeu"
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"roman": "da pomóžet mne bóx",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "да помо́жет мне бо́г"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "da mi Bog pomogne"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "literally: \"on (my) honor and conscience\"",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "på heder och samvete"
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"text": "He came up close and kneeling gently down\nHe said, \"My love, my dearest Alison,\nSo help me God, I never again will hit\nYou, love; and if I did, you asked for it.",
"type": "quotation"
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},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "我敢斷言，千真萬確"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "我敢断言"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wǒ gǎn duànyán, qiānzhēnwànquè",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "千真万确"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "zo helpe mij God"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "Jumala minua varjelkoon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "que Dieu me vienne en aide"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "so wahr mir Gott helfe"
},
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"roman": "hoútō nûn Zeùs theíē",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "οὕτω νῦν Ζεὺς θείη"
},
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"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "Isten engem úgy segéljen"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "che Dio mi aiuti"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "in Dio confido"
},
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "medius fidius"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "swā helpe mē God"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "tak mi dopomóż Bóg"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "Que Deus me ajude"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "așa să-mi ajute Dumnezeu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "da pomóžet mne bóx",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "да помо́жет мне бо́г"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "da mi Bog pomogne"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "literally: \"on (my) honor and conscience\"",
"sense": "phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out",
"word": "på heder och samvete"
}
],
"word": "so help me God"
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