"well, well, well" meaning in English

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Interjection

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  1. Indicating pondering or consideration, often with sarcasm or mock surprise. Synonyms: well, well Related terms: hmm Translations (indicating consideration): aviam, aviam (Catalan), vaja, vaja (Catalan), 哦哟哟 (oyoyo) (Chinese Mandarin), 行了,行了 (xíngle xíngle) (Chinese Mandarin), ale, ale, ale (Czech), jaa-ha (Finnish), kappas vain (Finnish), βρε, βρε, βρε (vre, vre, vre) (Greek), nocsak, nocsak, nocsak (Hungarian), bene, bene (Italian), proszę (english: sometimes duplicated) (Polish), ora, ora, ora (Portuguese), măi, măi, măi (Romanian), так-так (tak-tak) (Russian), vaya, vaya, vaya (Spanish), men, men, men (Swedish)
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "aviam, aviam"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "vaja, vaja"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "oyoyo",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "哦哟哟"
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          "roman": "xíngle xíngle",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "行了,行了"
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          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "ale, ale, ale"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "jaa-ha"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "kappas vain"
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          "roman": "vre, vre, vre",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "βρε, βρε, βρε"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "bene, bene"
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          "sense": "indicating consideration",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "ora, ora, ora"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "măi, măi, măi"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tak-tak",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "так-так"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "indicating consideration",
          "word": "vaya, vaya, vaya"
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          "sense": "indicating consideration",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "aviam, aviam"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "vaja, vaja"
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      "roman": "oyoyo",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "哦哟哟"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngle xíngle",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "行了,行了"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "ale, ale, ale"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "jaa-ha"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "kappas vain"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "vre, vre, vre",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "βρε, βρε, βρε"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "nocsak, nocsak, nocsak"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "bene, bene"
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      "code": "pl",
      "english": "sometimes duplicated",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "proszę"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "ora, ora, ora"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "măi, măi, măi"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tak-tak",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "так-так"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicating consideration",
      "word": "vaya, vaya, vaya"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "indicating consideration",
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