oh - 1) to introduce your response or comment, to begin giving an answer, 2) to express emotion such as surprise, happiness, anger, disappointment 3) show you understand something 4) when pausing to think, by the way - to show that you’re going to say something that’s not related to the main/current topic, uh-huh - 1) to show quick, easy agreement 2) to show active listening, actually - 1) to add new information or to give your opinion, especially if it’s in some way surprising or the opposite of what the listener would expect 2) to emphasize the real or exact truth of a situation, wow - to show that you’re surprised, impressed or pleased, so - 1) to get someone’s attention, especially in order to ask them a question 2) to change to a new topic, to summaries what has just been said, Huh? - 1) to show that you haven’t heard or understood something 2) to show surprise or disbelief, truth be told - to show that what you’re saying is honest and open (‘to tell you the truth,…’)., sort of - 1) to show an approximate description (somewhat/kind of) 2) to hedge, or soften, a statement, on top of that - to add a new/another fact or argument (it implies that this new fact or argument is in addition to something else previously said and often unpleasant)., you know - to show that you are saying something which you think is shared knowledge with the listener (you know what i mean?)., well - 1) to show that you are thinking about the question you’ve been asked. 2) to fill time, to allow you space to think about your response. 3) to show a change in focus or topic 4) to gently introduce an opposite opinion, to be honest - to show that you are about to give your opinion, especially when the listener might be surprised or may disagree., look - used to show you are about to explain something or make a point. often used when you are speaking very forcefully or very directly., (but) that said - used to show that you are going to say something which will contrast or disagree with what you said a moment ago. often used when you want to contrast the pros and cons of something. (having said that), okay - 1) to show agreement 2) to change or close the topic of conversation 3) to check understanding, fair enough - 1) to say that something seems reasonable but you do not agree with it (completely) 2) to show that you understand and accept what someone says, anyway - 1) to show a change of topic or 2) to return to a previous topic that was interrupted 3) to show a conversation is finishing,

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