"mara" meaning in Swahili

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      "form": "mara class IX",
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          "english": "from time to time, occasionally",
          "word": "mara kwa mara"
        },
        {
          "english": "once; immediately, right away",
          "word": "mara moja"
        }
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          "english": "[…] but suddenly he found himself saying secretly, \"To hell, I'll go.\"",
          "ref": "1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:",
          "text": "[…] lakini mara alijikuta akisema kichinichini, \"Potelea mbali, nitakwenda.\"",
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      "word": "mara kwa mara"
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      "english": "once; immediately, right away",
      "word": "mara moja"
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