tell you what in English

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        "2": "I'll tell you what"
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        "Introduces a compromise or arrangement where the interlocutor has some benefit or advantage."
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          "benefit",
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        "(colloquial) Introduces a compromise or arrangement where the interlocutor has some benefit or advantage."
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "kuules"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "kuulkaas"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "powiem tak"
        }
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  "word": "tell you what"
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    {
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        "2": "I'll tell you what"
      },
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      "name": "ellipsis"
    }
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        "(colloquial) Introduces a compromise or arrangement where the interlocutor has some benefit or advantage."
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        "colloquial"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kuules"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "kuulkaas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "powiem tak"
    }
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  "word": "tell you what"
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"tell you what" meaning in English

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