funnily enough
used for saying that you think something is surprising or unusual
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Ways of saying that you are surprised or shocked
you don’t say
used for saying that you are surprised by what someone has told you
heavens above
used for showing that you are very surprised
Well, I never (did)
used for saying that you are very surprised
is that a fact?
used for answering someone when they have told you something that you consider surprising or unlikely to happen
you would not believe
used when you are going to tell someone about something unusual or surprising
of all things/people/places
used for expressing surprise that a particular thing/person/place is the one involved in something
now I’ve seen everything/it all
used for saying that you find something very shocking or surprising
who would have thought...?
used for showing that you are surprised about something
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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