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"etymology_text": "Literally, \"so like so\", that is \"this way and that way\", \"anyway\".",
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"english": "I don’t care that the party was cancelled. I didn’t want to go there anyway.",
"text": "Es macht mir nichts aus, dass die Feier ausfällt. Ich wollte da sowieso nicht hin.",
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"word": "ohnedies"
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"ipa": "/ˈzoːvizo/"
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"ipa": "/zoviˈzoː/"
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"ipa": "/ˈsoːviso/"
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"ipa": "/soviˈsoː/"
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"english": "The number plate was K something 132. I couldn’t really see it.",
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"english": "Men are all the same. — Of course.",
"text": "Männer sind halt alle gleich. — Sowieso.",
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"of course; sure; that’s a given; expresses agreement to a statement with the implication that it is trivial"
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"word": "ohnedies"
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"word": "ohnehin"
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"ipa": "/soviˈsoː/"
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"word": "sowieso"
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