See you know in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2002 December 15, “Interview with David Beckham”, in Breakfast with Frost, spoken by David Beckham, via BBC:",
"text": "I don’t usually get nervous in games and, you know, taking free kicks and penalties but that’s the first time I’ve been that nervous in, in a game, where I have to, I’m in a situation where I’m, you know […]",
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"ref": "2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight (motion picture), spoken by Jesse (Ethan Hawke):",
"text": "Once, I remember, I was watching the twins on a trampoline, you know, and they looked so beautiful, and I was happy because they were happy, you know.",
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"word": "يَعْنِي"
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"word": "那个"
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"word": "那個"
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"word": "du ved"
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"word": "weet je"
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"word": "tiedäthän"
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"word": "tu vois"
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"word": "tu sais"
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"word": "შენც იცი"
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"word": "ხომ იცი, რაც"
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"word": "bhuel"
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"word": "così"
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"word": "du vet"
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"code": "tr",
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"word": "yani"
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"code": "vi",
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"word": "ờ"
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{
"_dis1": "77 20 2 1 0",
"code": "vi",
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"word": "ừm"
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"text": "But I guess that's life, you know?",
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{
"text": "I just wasn't into it, you know?",
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"ref": "1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:",
"text": "This was already a fresh departure for me. I was not used to get things that way, you know.",
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"ref": "2024 January 29 [2024 January 26], Tim Lee, Ray Chung, quoting Brendan Kavanagh, “London YouTuber hid in van, received death threats after piano face-off”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2024-01-29:",
"text": "\"I heard Winnie the Pooh was like garlic to a vampire to the Chinese commies,\" he said. \"Popular arts and music, poetry, dancing and singing is a threat to those in power, and I'm really trying to bring back that rock-and-roll rebellious spirit into music, you know.\"",
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"text": "Tali: You know, there's always a few who go on their Pilgrimages and never return. I always assumed something bad happened to them, but maybe they just wanted a different life.",
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"ref": "2016, Voice of America, Learning English (public domain), archived from the original on 2017-09-25:",
"roman": "You know, Pete, I am new to D.C. The city is big. — Yeah. But you learn a little more every day.",
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