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{
"text": "The bank is just opposite this hotel, right across the street there."
}
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"ipa": "/ˈɒpəzɪt/",
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"UK"
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},
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"sampa": "/\"Qp@zIt/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɑpəzɪt/",
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"US"
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},
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"text": "\"Go left. No, right!\" \"Do you want me to go left or right? I mean, they're opposite directions, aren't they?\""
},
{
"text": "I don't think we can work together. We're too opposite."
},
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"text": "Black is the opposite of white. \"Yes\" is the opposite of \"no\". Day is the opposite of night."
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"text": "My kids always do the exact opposite of what I tell them."
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},
{
"text": "I don't think we can work together. We're too opposite."
},
{
"text": "Black is the opposite of white. \"Yes\" is the opposite of \"no\". Day is the opposite of night."
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"text": "My kids always do the exact opposite of what I tell them."
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"audio": "en-us-opposite.ogg",
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