as it happens
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as it happens
adverb as it happened · as it so happens · it so happens · it just so happens
- By coincidence, incidentally. I have my guitar with me in the car, as it happens. I’ll go and get it.
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adv by coincidence
| Español | sin ir más lejos, dar la casualidad, la casualidad hacer/querer, hacer/querer la casualidad |
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| 中文 | 正好 zhènghǎo, 正巧 zhèngqiǎo |
| Português | por acaso, por um acaso |
| Français | il se trouve |
| Italiano | guarda caso |
| Русский | как ра́з kak ráz, ока́зывается okázyvajetsja, ме́жду про́чим méždu próčim, де́ло в то́м, что délo v tóm, što |
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