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"ref": "2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times",
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "popravdě řečeno"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "eerlijk gezegd"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "totta puhuen"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "um ehrlich zu sein"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "az igazat megvallva"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "a dire il vero"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "a onor del vero"
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"roman": "sôtô kôhibaku gôle",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "ସତ କହିବାକୁ ଗଲେ"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "verdade seja dita"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "adevărul fie spus"
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"word": "е́сли че́стно"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "pravdu povediac"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "la verdad sea dicha"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "a decir verdad"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "en puridad"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "doğrusunu söylemek gerekirse"
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"word": "popravdě řečeno"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "eerlijk gezegd"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "totta puhuen"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "toden sanoakseni"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "rehellisesti sanottuna"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "pour être honnête"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "ehrlich gesagt"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "in Wahrheit"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "um ehrlich zu sein"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "az igazat megvallva"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "a dire il vero"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "a onor del vero"
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"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "sôtô kôhibaku gôle",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "ସତ କହିବାକୁ ଗଲେ"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "prawdę mówiąc"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "verdade seja dita"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "para falar a verdade"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
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"word": "para ser sincero"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "adevărul fie spus"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jésli čéstno",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "е́сли че́стно"
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"roman": "što grexá taítʹ",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
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"word": "что греха́ таи́ть"
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "pravdu povediac"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "la verdad sea dicha"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "a decir verdad"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "en puridad"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "doğrusunu söylemek gerekirse"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "právdu kážučy",
"sense": "when admitting something one might otherwise lie about",
"word": "пра́вду ка́жучи"
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"word": "truth be told"
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