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"english": "Dry ice sublimates to gas directly, i.e. it turns straight into gas without turning into a liquid in between.",
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"english": "Kikka a.k.a. Kirsi Sirén",
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{
"english": "table salt or sodium chloride",
"text": "ruokasuola eli natriumkloridi",
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"english": "So how does the story end?",
"text": "Eli miten se tarina päättyy?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "So you did go there yesterday.",
"text": "Eli kävit siellä eilen.",
"type": "example"
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"(informal) so (used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question; used to introduce a rhetorical question)"
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"english": "Are you coming along or not?",
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"word": "vai"
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"ipa": "[ˈe̞li(ʔ)]"
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"english": "She's coming here on Monday as in two days from now.",
"text": "Hän tulee tänne maanantaina eli ylihuomenna.",
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},
{
"english": "Dry ice sublimates to gas directly, i.e. it turns straight into gas without turning into a liquid in between.",
"text": "Kuivajää sublimoituu lämmetessään kaasuksi, eli se muuttuu suoraan kaasuksi muuttumatta välillä nesteeksi.",
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"to put it another way",
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"english": "table salt or sodium chloride",
"text": "ruokasuola eli natriumkloridi",
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"also known as",
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"english": "So how does the story end?",
"text": "Eli miten se tarina päättyy?",
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{
"english": "So you did go there yesterday.",
"text": "Eli kävit siellä eilen.",
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"so (used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question; used to introduce a rhetorical question)"
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"english": "Are you coming along or not?",
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"third-person singular past indicative of elää"
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}
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