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{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "how is it ever possible that... ?" }, "expansion": "“how [is it] ever [possible that]... ?”", "name": "m-g" }, { "args": { "1": "how is it ever possible that... ?" }, "expansion": "Literally, “how [is it] ever [possible that]... ?”", "name": "lit" } ], "etymology_text": "Literally, “how [is it] ever [possible that]... ?”.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "head": "come mai?" }, "expansion": "come mai?", "name": "it-adv" } ], "hyphenation": [ "có‧me‧mài" ], "lang": "Italian", "lang_code": "it", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "english": "Why didn't you come to the party?", "text": "Come mai non sei venuto alla festa?", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "why, how come, why on Earth" ], "id": "en-come_mai-it-adv-TjnwxKZL", "links": [ [ "why", "why" ], [ "how come", "how come" ], [ "why on Earth", "why on Earth" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(idiomatic) why, how come, why on Earth" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "perché?" } ], "tags": [ "idiomatic" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˌko.me‿mˈmaj/" }, { "ipa": "/ˈko.me ˈmaj/" } ], "word": "come mai" }
{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "how is it ever possible that... ?" }, "expansion": "“how [is it] ever [possible that]... ?”", "name": "m-g" }, { "args": { "1": "how is it ever possible that... ?" }, "expansion": "Literally, “how [is it] ever [possible that]... ?”", "name": "lit" } ], "etymology_text": "Literally, “how [is it] ever [possible that]... ?”.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "head": "come mai?" }, "expansion": "come mai?", "name": "it-adv" } ], "hyphenation": [ "có‧me‧mài" ], "lang": "Italian", "lang_code": "it", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Italian adverbs", "Italian entries with incorrect language header", "Italian idioms", "Italian lemmas", "Italian multiword terms", "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation", "Italian terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "english": "Why didn't you come to the party?", "text": "Come mai non sei venuto alla festa?", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "why, how come, why on Earth" ], "links": [ [ "why", "why" ], [ "how come", "how come" ], [ "why on Earth", "why on Earth" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(idiomatic) why, how come, why on Earth" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "perché?" } ], "tags": [ "idiomatic" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˌko.me‿mˈmaj/" }, { "ipa": "/ˈko.me ˈmaj/" } ], "word": "come mai" }
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