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Interject Ion Meaning Example

This document provides a table summarizing common English interjections, including their meanings and example usages. It lists interjections such as "ah", "alas", "dear", "eh", "er", "hello", "hey", "hi", "hmm", "oh", "ouch", "uh", "uh-huh", "um", and "well" and explains how each one is used to express concepts like pleasure, realization, resignation, surprise, grief, pity, hesitation, agreement, pain, and more.

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Interject Ion Meaning Example

This document provides a table summarizing common English interjections, including their meanings and example usages. It lists interjections such as "ah", "alas", "dear", "eh", "er", "hello", "hey", "hi", "hmm", "oh", "ouch", "uh", "uh-huh", "um", and "well" and explains how each one is used to express concepts like pleasure, realization, resignation, surprise, grief, pity, hesitation, agreement, pain, and more.

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Interjections

Interject
ion

meaning

example

ah

expressing pleasure

Ah, that feels good.

expressing realization

Ah, now I understand.

expressing resignation

Ah well, it can't be helped.

expressing surprise

Ah! I've won!

alas

expressing grief or pity

Alas, she's dead now.

dear

expressing pity

Oh dear! Does it hurt?

expressing surprise

Dear me! That's a surprise!

asking for repetition

It's hot today. / Eh? / I said it's


hot today.

expressing enquiry

What do you think of that, eh?

expressing surprise

Eh! Really?

inviting agreement

Let's go, eh?

er

expressing hesitation

Lima is the capital of...er...Peru.

hello,
hullo

expressing greeting

Hello John. How are you today?

expressing surprise

Hello! My car's gone!

calling attention

Hey! look at that!

expressing surprise, joy etc

Hey! What a good idea!

eh

hey

hi

expressing greeting

Hi! What's new?

hmm

expressing hesitation, doubt or


disagreement

Hmm. I'm not so sure.

oh, o

expressing surprise

Oh! You're here!

expressing pain

Oh! I've got a toothache.

expressing pleading

Oh, please say "yes"!

ouch

expressing pain

Ouch! That hurts!

uh

expressing hesitation

Uh...I don't know the answer to


that.

uh-huh

expressing agreement

Shall we go? / Uh-huh.

um, umm

expressing hesitation

85 divided by 5 is...um...17.

well

expressing surprise

Well I never!

introducing a remark

Well, what did he say?

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