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"(informal) Exact; correct; accurate; absolutely right."
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"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "準確"
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"roman": "méicuò",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "täysin oikeassa"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "naulan kantaan"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "mārekereke"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "exact or correct",
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"(informal) Excellent."
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"word": "bang on"
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{
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"word": "cock on"
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{
"word": "dead on"
},
{
"word": "on point"
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{
"word": "on target"
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{
"word": "spot-on"
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"translations": [
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "準確"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔnquè",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "准确"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "沒錯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "méicuò",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "没错"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "täysin oikeassa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "naulan kantaan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esatto"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "mārekereke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "w punkt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "w sedno"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "trafny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v tóčku",
"sense": "exact or correct",
"word": "в то́чку"
}
],
"word": "spot on"
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