See eh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Terms with Icelandic translations",
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"Terms with Japanese translations",
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"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Mon translations",
"Terms with Norwegian translations",
"Terms with Okinawan translations",
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"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
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"Terms with Prasuni translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
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{
"ref": "1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick 16",
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{
"word": "pardon"
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{
"word": "sorry"
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{
"word": "come again"
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{
"word": "say again"
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[
"confusion",
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"word": "what"
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{
"word": "wha"
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{
"word": "huh"
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{
"word": "za"
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{
"word": "sorry"
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{
"word": "come again"
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"text": "—Do you feel like going out tonight?\n—Eh, I don't know.",
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{
"ref": "2010, Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, directors, Despicable Me:",
"text": "“Look, Mom; I made the real rocket, based on the macaroni prototype!” “…Eh.”",
"type": "quote"
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"categories": [
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"text": "—Why is it like this?\n—Eh, It's like that eh.",
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"UK"
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{
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},
{
"code": "fr",
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{
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"word": "ဏး"
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{
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"word": "eller hva"
},
{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "used as a tag question",
"word": "ikke sant"
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{
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{
"code": "ang",
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"word": "cwist þu la?"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"word": "نه؟"
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{
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{
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{
"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"word": "правда"
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{
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{
"code": "es",
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{
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{
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{
"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "th",
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"word": "นะ"
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{
"code": "th",
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"word": "เนอะ"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
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"word": "a"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "used as a tag question",
"word": "га"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"word": "еге ж"
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{
"code": "uk",
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{
"code": "uk",
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{
"code": "uk",
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"word": "так"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "used as a tag question",
"word": "nhỉ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
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"word": "nhé"
},
{
"code": "wbk",
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"word": "nā"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "eh"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "hè"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "hä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "hein"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "ha"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "eh"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "e",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "えっ"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "hva"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "hæ"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "hæh"
},
{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "ها"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "hein"
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"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "эм"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "a",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "а"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "qué"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "cómo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "eh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "ha"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hǎa",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "หา"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ha",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "га"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "used to mean “What?”",
"word": "hả"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(Canada) interjection used to ascertain continued attention",
"word": "hè"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(Canada) interjection used to ascertain continued attention",
"word": "hein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(Canada) interjection used to ascertain continued attention",
"word": "ne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(Canada) interjection used to ascertain continued attention",
"word": "nicht"
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{
"code": "es",
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"ref": "1972, Harold Sonny Ladoo, No Pain Like This Body, Toronto, Ont.: Anansi, →ISBN, page 73:",
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