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{
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìfǒu",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "是否"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ať"
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{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ať již"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "hvad enten"
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{
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "of"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "-pa (particle appended to the verb)",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "(riippumatta siitä) ...-ko"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "que"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ob"
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{
"_dis1": "7 26 52 16",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "akár"
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{
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "hvort sem"
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{
"_dis1": "7 26 52 16",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "sia che ... sia che"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-deunji",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "든지"
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dali...ili ne",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "дали...или не"
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "enten"
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{
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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "anten"
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{
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"code": "ps",
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"roman": "ka",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "که"
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"_dis1": "7 26 52 16",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "quer"
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"_dis1": "7 26 52 16",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "în orice caz"
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{
"_dis1": "7 26 52 16",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "placed after the first word in the sentence or phrase",
"roman": "li",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ли"
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{
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "íli",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "и́ли"
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{
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "co-dhiù"
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{
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "či"
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{
"_dis1": "7 26 52 16",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "či tak či onak"
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"_dis1": "7 26 52 16",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ya sea"
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
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{
"_dis1": "7 26 52 16",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "quier"
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{
"_dis1": "7 26 52 16",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
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{
"_dis1": "7 26 52 16",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
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{
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "vare sig"
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "man"
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"roman": "čy",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "чи"
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"roman": "kotrýj z",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "котри́й з"
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
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"_dis1": "7 26 52 16",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "pa un ai"
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"ref": "1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark ij:[9]:",
"text": "whether ys it easyer to saye to the sicke of the palsey, thy synnes ar forgeven the: or to saye, aryse, take uppe thy beed and walke?",
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"ref": "c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:",
"text": "Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge, [...] Or the reputed sonne of Cordelion?",
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"(obsolete) Introduces a direct question between alternatives (often with correlative or)."
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "hvorvidt"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
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"code": "oc",
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{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
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"word": "که"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âyâ",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "آیا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "dacă"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "placed after the first word in the sentence or phrase",
"roman": "li",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ли"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "da li"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "či"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "če"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "si ... o"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ifall"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "huruvida"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "kung"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čy",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "чи"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "có ... không"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "a"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "introducing indirect questions",
"word": "ai"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "дали́"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "si"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "還是"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "háishi",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "zda"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "zdali"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "hvorvidt"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "of"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "ĉu"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "n/a (different structure is used)",
"sense": "if, whether or not"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "si"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "ob"
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"code": "got",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "באם"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "-e"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "vajon"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "hvort"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "se"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
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},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "-ka dō ka",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "かどうか"
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "か否か"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-ji",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "지"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-ji eotteonji",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "지 어떤지"
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"code": "la",
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "дали"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "hvorvidt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "kor vidt"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "če ka",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "چې که"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "czy ... czy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "se"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "dacă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "íli",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "и́ли"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "и́ли ... и́ли"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "či"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "si"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "huruvida"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "man"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "dù ... hay"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "a"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
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"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
"word": "oft"
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{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "if, whether or not",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìfǒu",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "是否"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ať"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ať již"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "hvad enten"
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"word": "que"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "ob"
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "is",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "든지"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "dali...ili ne",
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{
"code": "nb",
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"code": "nn",
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"code": "ps",
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"word": "که"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
"word": "quer"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "tl",
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{
"code": "uk",
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"code": "uk",
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"word": "котри́й з"
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "cy",
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"english": "The New Arcadia",
"ref": "a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:",
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 11:6:",
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"ref": "[1633], George Herbert, “The Pearl”, in [Nicholas Ferrar], editor, The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC:",
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"ref": "1720, [Daniel Defoe], The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, London: […] J[ohn] Brotherton, […], J[ohn] Graves […], A[nne] Dodd, […], and T[homas] Warner, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "I told them we were in a country where we all knew there was a great deal of gold, and that all the world sent ships thither to get it; that we did not indeed know where it was, and so we might get a great deal, or a little, we did not know whether; […]",
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"text": "\"Whether is better, the gift or the donor? / Come to me,\" / Quoth the pine tree, \"I am the giver of honor.\"",
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