Pleasure and displeasure
A. Pleasure
What a wonderful / nice/ lovely/ beautiful...!
How exciting/ interesting/ thrilling, etc!
That’s nice/ good/ marvellous/ wonderful/ fantastic/ great!
The most usual response to exclamations of pleasure about other people possessions, ideas, presents, etc, is agreement:
(Oh), yes, isn’t it?
Yes, rather.
Or disagreement:
Do you think so?
Is it ( really)?
But you have to be more reserved about your own achievements:
Yes, it’s not bad, is it?
Eg - Fantastic! It must be the best collection of butterflies in the country!
- Yes it is not bad, is it?
Do you like it?
I’m glad you like it.
B. Displeasure
Oh no!
( Oh) really!
Eg Oh really! I hope you’re not going to start that argument all over again.
Oh dear!
Oh Heavens!
There!/ There it is? There you are!
Eg There! He’s left the door open again!
Well, I like that!
How annoying!- semi-formal, formal
Eg How annoying! Only half an hour before the train leaves and not a single taxi in sight!
Isn’t that annoying/ infuriating/ maddening!
That’s the limit? The last straw!
Mind what you’re doing! - possibly rude
Eg Mind what you’re doing! You’ll cut a couple of your fingers off with that knife before you’ve finished!
Mind your own business! - rather rude
Who d’you think you are?-//Who d’you take me for?-//Hell/ Blast/ Damn!-//Eg Who d’you take me for? Why should I do your work?
Dialogue
The Browns are going to a concert in their car.
Mr.B.: ( turns the ignition key)There! It won’t start!
Mrs. B.: No wonder. Look at the fuel gauge, the tank is dry.
Mr. B.: How annoying! We’ll have to take a taxi or we may miss the beginning.
Mrs. B.: It won’t be the first time either. We should have start earlier. Or at least you should have filled it up yesterday on your way home.
Mr. B.: Well, I like that! It wasn’t empty then! Why didn’t you fill it up on your way back after the shopping?
Mrs. B.: All right, all right! Let’s not get heated up. Oh, there is a taxi coming! Will you stop it , dear?
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