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/waw/

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Translation

wow, blimey

Word origin

Borrowed from English wow, an exclamation of surprise first recorded in sixteenth-century Scots. It reached everyday French through American films, television and advertising in the second half of the twentieth century.

Origin
English
Root
wow

Examples

, quelle !

Wow, what a view!

, ?

Wow, did you really do all that on your own?

, ' .

Wow, I was not expecting a present.

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She opened the door and just said wow.

, , .

Blimey, slow down, you are going too fast for me.

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This word is part of lesson 26.