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},
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"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "silliest",
"tags": [
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"text": "Sometimes I called her \"Mommy Ruby\", even if it sounded silly."
},
{
"text": "People get excited about the silliest things."
},
{
"text": "\"Do you remember?\" \"What a silly question! Of course I remember.\""
}
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"If something is silly, it shows that somebody didn't think about it carefully."
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"id": "simple-silly-en-adj-nxbdu2zB"
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"text": "I was making silly little jokes and she was laughing."
}
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"If something is silly, it's not important or serious."
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"id": "simple-silly-en-adj-Kw4pb1Gp"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Sometimes it's hard to believe how silly students can be."
},
{
"text": "The photoshopped pictures of Blake Griffin were so silly"
}
],
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"If you are silly, you don't think about things carefully or you are not serious."
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}
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"text": "Sometimes I called her \"Mommy Ruby\", even if it sounded silly."
},
{
"text": "People get excited about the silliest things."
},
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"text": "\"Do you remember?\" \"What a silly question! Of course I remember.\""
}
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{
"text": "I was making silly little jokes and she was laughing."
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"text": "Sometimes it's hard to believe how silly students can be."
},
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