you know
Interjection
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Interjection
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see you, know
- (informal) Expression signifying a pause or hesitation.
- I don’t usually get nervous in games and, you know, taking free kicks and penalties but that’s the first time I’ve been that nervous in, in a game, where I have to, I’m in a situation where I’m, you know... - BBC Interview with David Beckham
- 2016, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170925022505/https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-lesson-4/3168920.html VOA Learning English] (public domain)
- You know, Pete, I am new to D.C. The city is big. — Yeah. But you learn a little more every day.
- You know, Pete, I am new to D.C. The city is big. — Yeah. But you learn a little more every day.
- (informal) Expression used to imply meaning, rather than say it, such as when a person is embarrassed.
- A: I heard you want to do that thing with me.
B: Do what?
A: You know... umm...
B: Oh, do you mean sex?
A: Yeah... that.
- A: I heard you want to do that thing with me.
- (informal) Used as a rhetorical question to confirm agreement or understanding at the end of a statement.
- But I guess that's life, you know?
- I just wasn't into it, you know?
- French: tu vois, tu sais
- German: weißt du
- Italian: così, capisci
- Portuguese: você sabe, sabe
- Russian: э́то
- Spanish: pues, bueno, entonces, sabes
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