"who knows" meaning in English

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Phrase

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  1. A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might. Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Related terms: fuck knows, God knows, who knew, you never know, go figure, who can tell, who cares, who would have thunk it
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  2. A rhetorical question asked to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen.
    Sense id: en-who_knows-en-phrase-0iQdbrV9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (rhetorical question: anything is possible): 誰知道? (Chinese Mandarin), 谁知道? (shéi zhīdào) (Chinese Mandarin), wie weet? (Dutch), kukapa tietää (Finnish), qui sait (French), quen sabe? (Galician), ποιος ξέρει; (poios xérei?) (Greek), השד יודע (Hebrew), ki tudja? (Hungarian), chissà? (Italian), chi può dirlo? (Italian), さあ? (sā?) (Japanese), ໃຜຈະຮູ້? (phai cha hū?) (Lao), ко́јзнае (kójznae) (Macedonian), кој го знае (koj go znae) (Macedonian), кој ќе знае (koj ḱe znae) (Macedonian), hvem vet? (Norwegian), kto wie? (Polish), quem sabe? (Portuguese), vai saber? (Portuguese), cine știe? (Romanian), кто зна́ет? (kto znájet) (Russian), кто его́ зна́ет? (kto jevó znájet) (Russian), ¿quién sabe? (Spanish), ¡quién sabe! (Spanish), kim bilir? (Turkish) Translations (rhetorical question: one doesn't know): مَن يَدْرِي؟ (man yadrī?) (Arabic), اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم (allāhu ʔaʕlam) (Arabic), إِبْصَر (ʔibṣar) (Arabic), auskalo (Basque), 誰知道? (Chinese Mandarin), 谁知道? (shéi zhīdào) (Chinese Mandarin), wie weet (Dutch), wie zal het zeggen? (Dutch), kukapa tietää (Finnish), tiedä häntä (Finnish), qui sait (French), quen sabe? (Galician), wer weiß? (German), ποιος ξέρει; (poios xérei?) (Greek), השד יודע (Hebrew), ki tudja? (Hungarian), hver veit? (Icelandic), chissà? (Italian), さあ? (sā?) (Japanese), …かもしれない (…ka mo shirenai) (Japanese), ко́јзнае (kójznae) (Macedonian), кој го знае (koj go znae) (Macedonian), кој ќе знае (koj ḱe znae) (Macedonian), haashį́į́ néelą́ą́ʼ? (Navajo), hvem vet? (Norwegian Bokmål), kven veit? (Norwegian Nynorsk), ikkje godt å vita (Norwegian Nynorsk), kto wie? (Polish), quem sabe? (Portuguese), vai saber? (Portuguese), cine știe? (Romanian), кто зна́ет? (kto znájet?) (Russian), кто его́ зна́ет? (kto jevó znájet?) (Russian), как знать? (kak znatʹ?) (Russian), чёрт его́ зна́ет! (čort jevó znájet!) (Russian), cò aig a tha fios? (Scottish Gaelic), ¿quién sabe? (Spanish), ¡quién sabe! (Spanish), vete tú a saber (Spanish), vete a saber (Spanish), andá a saber (Spanish), vem vet? (Swedish), kim bilir (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'rhetorical question: anything is possible': 45 55 Disambiguation of "rhetorical question: one doesn't know": 50 50
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      "roman": "man yadrī?",
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      "word": "مَن يَدْرِي؟"
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      "word": "kukapa tietää"
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      "word": "wer weiß?"
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      "roman": "poios xérei?",
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      "word": "ποιος ξέρει;"
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      "word": "ki tudja?"
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      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "hver veit?"
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      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "chissà?"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sā?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "さあ?"
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "roman": "…ka mo shirenai",
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      "roman": "koj go znae",
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      "word": "haashį́į́ néelą́ą́ʼ?"
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      "word": "ikkje godt å vita"
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      "word": "cine știe?"
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      "roman": "kto znájet?",
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      "word": "кто зна́ет?"
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      "roman": "kto jevó znájet?",
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      "word": "кто его́ зна́ет?"
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      "roman": "kak znatʹ?",
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      "word": "как знать?"
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      "word": "cò aig a tha fios?"
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      "word": "¿quién sabe?"
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      "word": "vete tú a saber"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "vem vet?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "kim bilir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "誰知道?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shéi zhīdào",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "谁知道?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "wie weet?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "kukapa tietää"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "qui sait"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "quen sabe?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "poios xérei?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "ποιος ξέρει;"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "השד יודע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "ki tudja?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "chissà?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "chi può dirlo?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sā?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "さあ?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phai cha hū?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "ໃຜຈະຮູ້?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kójznae",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "ко́јзнае"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "koj go znae",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "кој го знае"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "koj ḱe znae",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "кој ќе знае"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "hvem vet?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "kto wie?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "quem sabe?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "vai saber?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "cine știe?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto znájet",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "кто зна́ет?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto jevó znájet",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "кто его́ зна́ет?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "¿quién sabe?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "¡quién sabe!"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "kim bilir?"
    }
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  "word": "who knows"
}
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      "word": "fuck knows"
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    {
      "word": "God knows"
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      "word": "who knew"
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      "word": "you never know"
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      "word": "go figure"
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      "word": "who cares"
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          "text": "It could be one or the other, or both. Who knows?"
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          "text": "Do you think I'll get married before I turn 30? – Who knows, you might never marry."
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          "text": "Who knows? Maybe someday he'll finish writing his book and make lots of money selling it.",
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        {
          "text": "Since she hasn't studied at all I don't think she'll pass the test, but who knows?",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "Don't touch that – who knows where it's been?",
          "type": "example"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "man yadrī?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "مَن يَدْرِي؟"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "allāhu ʔaʕlam",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔibṣar",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "إِبْصَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "auskalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "誰知道?"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shéi zhīdào",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "谁知道?"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "wie weet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "wie zal het zeggen?"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "kukapa tietää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "tiedä häntä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "qui sait"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "quen sabe?"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "wer weiß?"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "poios xérei?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "ποιος ξέρει;"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "השד יודע"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "ki tudja?"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "hver veit?"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "chissà?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sā?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "さあ?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "…ka mo shirenai",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "…かもしれない"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kójznae",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "ко́јзнае"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "koj go znae",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "кој го знае"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "koj ḱe znae",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "кој ќе знае"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "haashį́į́ néelą́ą́ʼ?"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "hvem vet?"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "kven veit?"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "ikkje godt å vita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "kto wie?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "quem sabe?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "vai saber?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "cine știe?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto znájet?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "кто зна́ет?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto jevó znájet?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "кто его́ зна́ет?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kak znatʹ?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "как знать?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čort jevó znájet!",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "чёрт его́ зна́ет!"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "cò aig a tha fios?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "¿quién sabe?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "¡quién sabe!"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "vete tú a saber"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "vete a saber"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "andá a saber"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "vem vet?"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: one doesn't know",
      "word": "kim bilir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "誰知道?"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shéi zhīdào",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "谁知道?"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "wie weet?"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "kukapa tietää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "qui sait"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "quen sabe?"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "poios xérei?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "ποιος ξέρει;"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "השד יודע"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "ki tudja?"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "chissà?"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "chi può dirlo?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sā?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "さあ?"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phai cha hū?",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "ໃຜຈະຮູ້?"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kójznae",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "ко́јзнае"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "koj go znae",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "кој го знае"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "koj ḱe znae",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "кој ќе знае"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "hvem vet?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "kto wie?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "quem sabe?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "vai saber?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "cine știe?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto znájet",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "кто зна́ет?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto jevó znájet",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "кто его́ зна́ет?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "¿quién sabe?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "¡quién sabe!"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rhetorical question: anything is possible",
      "word": "kim bilir?"
    }
  ],
  "word": "who knows"
}

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