Exclamations
NN1 Other words like ‘yes’: “Are you coming along too?” “________.”
NN3 Words and expressions meaning ‘Don’t you agree?’: “We ought to come back here again, ________?”
NN4 Other ways of answering ‘no’: “Would you lend him ten dollars?” “________.”
NN5 Other ways of saying ‘Do you understand?’: “You take hold of it this way, ________?”
NN6b Expressions of joy used mostly by children around here:
NN7 Exclamations of surprise: “They’re getting married next week? Well, ________.”
NN8b Expressions of annoyance: “This jar won’t come open, ________ it.”
NN9b Exclamations showing great annoyance: “He’s run off with my hammer again, ________ !”
NN10a Expressions (such as ‘hello’) used when you meet somebody you know quite well:
NN10b Greetings used when you meet somebody you do not know well:
NN11 Informal ways of saying ‘good-bye’ to people you know quite well:
NN12a Things that people say to put a child off when he asks too many questions: “What’s that for?”
NN12b Things that people say to put off a child when she asks, “What are you making?”
NN13 When you think someone just said something silly or untrue: “Oh, that’s a lot of ________.”
NN18 When somebody sneezes, you might say, “________.”
NN22a Expressions used to drive away animals—for example, flies:
NN22b Expressions used to drive away children:
NN22c Expressions used to drive away a dog:
NN22d Expressions used to drive away animals other than dogs:
NN24 Humorous substitutes for stronger exclamations: “Why, the son of a(n) ________!”
NN25a Weakened substitutes for ‘damn’ or ‘damned’: “________ it all!”
NN25b Weakened substitutes for ‘damn’ or ‘damned’: “Well, I’ll be ________!”
NN26a Weakened substitutes for ‘hell’: “Oh ________!”
NN26b Weakened substitutes for ‘hell’: “Go to ________!”
NN26c Weakened substitutes for ‘hell’: “What the (or in) ________!”
NN27a Weakened substitutes for ‘God’: “My ________!”
NN27b Weakened substitutes for ‘God’: “For ________ sake(s)!”
NN28a Exclamations beginning with ‘good’: “Good ________!”
NN28b Exclamations beginning with ‘goodness’: “Goodness ________!”
NN29a Exclamations beginning with ‘great’: “Great ________!”
NN29b Exclamations beginning with ‘land’: “Land ________!”
NN29c Exclamations beginning with ‘holy’: “Holy ________!”
NN30 Exclamations beginning with the sound of ‘j’:
NN31 Exclamations beginning with the sound of ‘cr-’, for example, ‘cripes’:
NN32 Exclamations like ‘I swear’ or ‘I vow’: “I(’ll) ________.”
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