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Results tagged with onomatopoeia
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A word that phonetically imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Common occurrences of onomatopoeias include animal noises such as "oink", "meow", "roar" or "chirp", or human sounds like "yawn", "gulp" or "mwah".
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English counterpart to Japanese signal word, “Dokkoisho”
My best guess, and one I have heard older folks say to themselves in such circumstances:
easy does it
used especially in spoken English to advise someone to approach a task carefully and slowly …
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