Pleasure and displeasure. The most usual response to exclamations of pleasure about other people possessions, ideas, presents, etc, is agreement

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                           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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