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"3": "être",
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"etymology_text": "From peut (“(it) can”, “(it) may”) + être (“be”). Equivalent to Catalan potser, English maybe.",
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"english": "Maybe I will leave soon.",
"text": "Peut-être que je vais bientôt partir.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Do you want to come with me tomorrow? Maybe.",
"text": "Est-ce que tu veux venir avec moi demain? Peut-être.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I like to look at nothingness and tell myself maybe there's someone somewhere at the end of the world who thinks at the same second of the same thing as me.",
"ref": "2018, Zaz (lyrics and music), “J'aime j'aime”",
"text": "J’aime regarder le néant et me dire qu’il y a peut-être quelqu’un quelque part au bout du monde qui pense à la même seconde à la même chose que moi.",
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},
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"english": "Do you want to come with me tomorrow? Maybe.",
"text": "Est-ce que tu veux venir avec moi demain? Peut-être.",
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},
{
"english": "I like to look at nothingness and tell myself maybe there's someone somewhere at the end of the world who thinks at the same second of the same thing as me.",
"ref": "2018, Zaz (lyrics and music), “J'aime j'aime”",
"text": "J’aime regarder le néant et me dire qu’il y a peut-être quelqu’un quelque part au bout du monde qui pense à la même seconde à la même chose que moi.",
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