"there, there" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{head|en|interjection|head=there, there}} there, there
  1. Conveys comfort; used to calm somebody or urge somebody to relax, especially when the person is crying. Related terms: now, now Translations (used to calm somebody): 好啦,好啦 (hǎo la, hǎo la) (Chinese Mandarin), noh, noh (Finnish), ala, ala (Galician), na na (German), nicht doch (German), aber, aber (German), ei ei (english: when patting a child) (German), svona, svona (Icelandic), hush (Jamaican Creole), よしよし (yoshi yoshi) (Japanese), ну будет, будет; да ладно уж; чего уж там (nu budet, budet; da ladno už; čevo už tam) (Russian), ya, ya (Spanish), såja (Swedish), så, så (Swedish), seså (Swedish)
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          "roman": "hǎo la, hǎo la",
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          "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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          "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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          "sense": "used to calm somebody",
          "word": "svona, svona"
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          "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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          "roman": "nu budet, budet; da ladno už; čevo už tam",
          "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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          "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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          "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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          "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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      "roman": "hǎo la, hǎo la",
      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
      "word": "好啦,好啦"
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      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "nu budet, budet; da ladno už; čevo už tam",
      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
      "word": "ну будет, будет; да ладно уж; чего уж там"
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      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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      "sense": "used to calm somebody",
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