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"ref": "2006, Mark Winegardner, The Godfather’s Revenge, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, page 76",
"text": "Speaking of by the way: nice car. I mean that.",
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"ref": "2009, Wells Tower, “Executors of Important Energies” (short story), in Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned, Macmillan, page 83",
"text": "No more songs. This is a restaurant, for Christ’s sake, and speaking of, can somebody tell me where the hell is that veal?"
},
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"ref": "2009, James Boice, NoVA, Simon and Schuster, page 47",
"text": "—[…] Speaking of by the way we should go shopping on Saturday or Sunday because Penney’s is having a sale at Fair Oaks.",
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"ref": "2010, Julia DeVillers, Jennifer Roy, Take Two, Simon and Schuster, page 8",
"text": "[…] And speaking of, can you please cover up that hideous shirt?",
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"(colloquial) Speaking of which; relatedly, used to introduce a related topic."
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕala fikratin",
"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "على فِكْرَةٍ"
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"roman": "ʕala sīre",
"sense": "relatedly",
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"word": "على سيرة"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "sözü gəlmişkən"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "yeri gəlmişkən"
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"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "en parlant de"
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"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "apropos"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "übrigens"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "da wir gerade davon sprechen"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "mias kai tó 'fere i kouvénta",
"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "μιας και τό 'φερε η κουβέντα"
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"roman": "parempiptóntos",
"sense": "relatedly",
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"sense": "relatedly",
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"word": "przy okazji"
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"english": "set phrase",
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"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "på tala om"
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"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "apropå"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "på tal om"
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"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "demişken"
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"text": "No more songs. This is a restaurant, for Christ’s sake, and speaking of, can somebody tell me where the hell is that veal?"
},
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"text": "—[…] Speaking of by the way we should go shopping on Saturday or Sunday because Penney’s is having a sale at Fair Oaks.",
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"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "على فِكْرَةٍ"
},
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"sense": "relatedly",
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"word": "على سيرة"
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"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "sözü gəlmişkən"
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "yeri gəlmişkən"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "übrigens"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "da wir gerade davon sprechen"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mias kai tó 'fere i kouvénta",
"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "μιας και τό 'φερε η κουβέντα"
},
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "parempiptóntos",
"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "παρεμπιπτόντως"
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"sense": "relatedly",
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"word": "på tala om"
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"sense": "relatedly",
"word": "apropå"
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