you know
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B1 a phrase with little meaning, which you use while you are trying to think of what to say next: Well I just thought, you know, I'd better agree to it. I'm not happy with the situation but, you know, there isn't much I can do about it.InterjectionsSounds used as interjections B1 used when trying to help someone remember something or when trying to explain something: What's the name of that guy on TV - you know, the American one with the silly voice?Remembering, reminding and reminders
(Definition of you know from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire noun
- awaken sb to sth phrasal verb
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- flashback noun
- imprint noun (MARK)
- indelible adjective
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake noun
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- remind sb of sth/sb phrasal verb
- remind verb
- reminder noun 1
- reminder noun 2
- reminisce verb
- resonate verb (HAVE QUALITY/EFFECT)
- resurface verb (APPEAR AGAIN)
- strike a chord idiom
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