12.01.2020
Spoken grammar: exclamations
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Annoyance |
Drat! • Oh sugar! • Dash it all! • Curses! • Fiddlesticks! • Oh hang it! |
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Approval |
Great! • Ooh! • Super! • Smashing! • I say! • Nifty! • Wow! • Wicked! |
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Control |
Steady on! • Whoa! • Hang on! • Hold your horses! • Slow down! |
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Criticism |
What on earth?! • What do you call that! • That's hopeless! • What rubbish! |
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Disagreement |
Nonsense! • Rubbish! • Balderdash! • Stuff and nonsense! |
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Disapproval |
Rubbish! • What a load of rubbish! • That's hopeless! • Don't be silly! |
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Disbelief |
You're joking! • Stone me! • As if! • Get away! • You're having me on! |
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Disgust |
Ugh! • Euch! • Yeugh! • Poo! • Yuk! • That's revolting! |
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Dismissal |
Clear off! • Get lost! • Take a running jump! • Go and jump off a cliff! |
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Encouragement |
Go for it! • Go on! • Come on, you lot! • Pull your finger out! |
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Endearment |
Darling! • My dear! • My love! • Dearest! • Sweetheart! |
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Excitement |
Yippee! • Wow! • Cod • Incredible! • Go on! • Come on! |
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Getting attention |
Hey! • Ahem! • Listen! • Oy! • Psst! • Listen up! • Pay attention! |
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Greeting |
Whatcha! • Hello! • All right? • Hi! • Wassup? • How's it going? |
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Hushing |
Quiet! • Shut up! • Shhh! • Button your lip! • Stop it! • Shut your trap! • Hush! |
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Impatience |
Hurry up! • Come on! • Get a move on! • Shift yourself! |
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Insult |
You fool! • You twit! • You twat! • You idiot! • You nut! |
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Leave-taking |
Cheers! • Ciao! • Cheerio! • Bye! • See you! • Tata! • Take care |
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Physical reaction |
Ouch! • Aargh! • Ooh! • Oof! • Christ! • Brr! • Phew! |
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Pleasure |
Cor! • Ooh! • Mmm! • Yeah! • Phwoar! • Lovely! • Great! |
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Reaction to accidents |
Oh my God! • Oh no! • Oh dear! • Whoops! • Oh blimey! |
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Refusing requests |
No! • No way! • Get lost! • You're joking! • You can't be serious! |
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Refusing orders |
No way! • You'll be lucky! • I don't think so! • Not this time! |
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Relief |
Phew! • At last! • That's better! • That's more like it! |
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Sarcasm |
Marvellous! • Super! • I say! • Oh yeah? • Wow! • Bless you! • Ha ha! |
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Seeking clarification |
What? • Eh? • Pardon? • Say that again? • Come again? |
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Surprise |
Blimey! • Gosh! • Well I never! • Well blow me down! |
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Thanks/blessings |
Cheers! • To! • Bless you! • Bless your heart! • Thanks a million! |
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Triumph |
Hurray! • Hurrah! • Yes! • Oh yeah! • Gotcha! • Ha! • We did it! • We done it! |
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Understanding |
Ah • Mm • Hm • Uh-huh • Yeah • Right • Okay • l get you |
Ah: Ah, I don't know if that's true.
Aha: Aha! I figured it out!
Ahem: Ahem, could you boys stop talking so we could get on with class, please?
Alas: Alas, it was not to be.
Amen: Amen, hallelujah, amen!
Aw: Aw, do we have to?
Awesome: You two are dating? Awesome!
Aww: Aww, that's so cute!
Bah: Bah, humbug!
Baloney: Oh, baloney. I don't believe that.
Big deal: Big deal. Who cares?
Bingo: Bingo! Right on target!
Boo: Boo! Scared you!
Boo-hoo: That makes me sad. Boo-hoo.
Booyah (boo-yah): Yeah, I aced this test. Booyah!
Boy (boy oh boy): Oh boy. Oh boy, oh boy. That's heavy, man.
Bravo: Bravo! That was fantastic!
Brilliant: Brilliant, luv, absolutely brilliant! (British English.)
Brrr: Brr! Minus 30 degrees? Yuk.
Bull: Bull. It's not 30 below zero, not really.
Bye (bye-bye): Bye! See you later!
Cheers: Cheers, mate! You're welcome. (British English); Cheers! Raise a toast! (American English.)
Come on (c'mon): Come on. Hurry up.
Cool: Oh, wow, that is so cool!
Dang: Dang it! Where'd I put that?
Darn (darn it): Darn it! I can't find the other one either!
Dear me: Oh, dear me. What are we going to do?
Duck: Duck! No, really! Get down!
Duh: Well, duh. I can't believe you didn't know that.
Eh: Eh? What?
Enjoy: Enjoy! I hope you like it!
Excellent: "Party time, excellent!" ("Wayne's World")
Fabulous: Fabulous! That's just wonderful!
Fantastic: Fantastic! I just love it!
Finally: Finally! I never thought that'd be done.
For heaven's sake(s): "Oh, for heaven's sake, don't you know your Bible?"
Foul: Foul! In baseball, the ball went out of bounds, otherwise an infraction.
Freeze: Freeze! Stop right there!
Gee (gee whiz, gee willikers): Well gee whiz, Pa, why do I have to do that?
Giddyap (giddyup): Giddyup, Silver! Go, horse, go!
Golly (good golly, golly gee willikers): Golly, that sure was tasty.
Goodbye (good-bye): Goodbye, see you again soon!
Good grief: "Good grief, Charlie Brown." ("Peanuts")
Good heavens: Good heavens! How did that happen?
Gosh: “Whatever I feel like I wanna do, gosh!”
Great: Great! I'm so excited you'll come along!
Ha: Ha-ha! That's funny!
Hallelujah: Glory be to God, hallelujah!
Heavens (heavens above, heavens to Betsy): Oh, heavens! How could you think that?
Heigh-ho: Heigh-ho neighbor! How are you?
Hello: Hello! How are things with you?
Hey (hey there): Hey! Look over there!
Hi (hiya): Hi! What's up?
Hip, hip, hooray: We won! On the count of three, everyone: Hip, hip hooray! Hip, hip, hooray!
Hmm (hrm): Hmm. Let me think about that for a bit.
Ho-ho-ho: Ho-ho-ho, Merry Christmas!
Holy mackerel (holy cow, holy moly, holy Moses, holy smokes): Holy mackerel! I can't believe it!
Ho-hum: Ho-hum, how boring.
Hooray (hurrah, hurray): Hooray! That's awesome!
Howdy (howdy do): Howdy, pardner.
Huh: Huh. I have no idea.
Ick: Ick! How gross!
Indeed: Indeed! I'll bet you didn't know that!
Jeez: Jeez, do we really have to go through this now?
Kaboom: Kaboom! It blew up!
Kapow: And Batman hit the evildoer, kapow!
Lordy (lordy, lordy): Oh lordy, lordy, look who's 40!
Mama mia: Mama mia, let me go. ("Bohemian Rhapsody," Queen)
Man: Man, that's unbelievable.
Marvelous: Marvelous! Oh, honey, that's just wonderful.
My: "My! I never once thought of it, Huck!" ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer")
My goodness (my heavens, my stars, my word): My goodness, isn't that just grand?
Nah: Nah, it'll never work.
No problem: Thank you. No problem.
No way (no way José): No way! I can't believe it.
Nope: Nope. I can't do that.
Nuts: Nuts! I wish I didn't have to.
Oh (oh boy, oh dear, oh my, oh my gosh, oh my goodness, oh no, oh well): Oh! That's shocking!
OK (okay): OK, sounds great. Thank you.
Ouch: Ouch! That hurt!
Ow: Ow! That stung!
Please: Would you help me, please?
Poof: Poof! She just disappeared.
Shh: Shh! Quiet in the library!
Super: Super! That's fantastic!
Swell: Swell! How great!
Welcome: Welcome! Come in!; (You're) Welcome!
Well: Well, I just don't know about that.
Whoop-de-doo: Well whoop-de-doo. (sarcasm) I so don't care.
Woo-hoo: Woo-hoo! That's fantastic!
Wow: Wow! I love it!
Yippee: Yippie! That's exciting!
