on the surface in English

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{
  "etymology_text": ": on the surface < → δείτε τις λέξεις on, the και surface",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "on the surface"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ιδιωματισμοί (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "On the surface he was calm but…",
          "translation": "Επιφανειακά ήταν ήρεμος αλλά…"
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: on the outside"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "επιφανειακά"
      ],
      "id": "el-on_the_surface-en-phrase-nqo1MBwN",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ιδιωματισμός"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the surface"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": ": on the surface < → δείτε τις λέξεις on, the και surface",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "on the surface"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ιδιωματισμοί (αγγλικά)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "On the surface he was calm but…",
          "translation": "Επιφανειακά ήταν ήρεμος αλλά…"
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: on the outside"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "επιφανειακά"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "ιδιωματισμός"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the surface"
}

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"on the surface" meaning in English

Phrase