Usage of "how-do-you-do"

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каталонский

испанский

An expression of greeting.

испанский

An awkward situation.

Синонимы

Examples for "hello"

Hoping for new information, I snapped up the phone and said hello. 
 The incumbent 

No one said hello or thank you or held open a door. 
 Boston noir 

I'm sure he said hello, but it was too late to reply. 
 Unbearable lightness: a story of loss and gain 

I couldn't speak or say hello, or even ask for her name. 
 Reuters 

In our line of work, hello to forever could be just days. 
 Taken by sin 

The two-storey hi-tech building is expected to interest research and development companies. 
 The Irish Times 

We said hi and made small talk for a minute or two. 
 Empty mile 

Laura Martinez Celada said hi after we'd spoken on the phone recently. 
 The Irish Times 

It was their way of saying hi, and the response was emphatic. 
 Radio NZ 

And next time you're up this way, stop in and say hi. 
 86'd: a novel 

He laughed the moment she said hullo, and she laughed too. 
 Aimez-vous Brahms 

If they were going to hit it off, we must be -hullo! 
 The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition... 

When they had approached to within fifty yards, remarked "hullo!" to them. 
 The Land of Footprints 

Oh, hullo, Miss Eleanor, how d' y' get here ahead? 
 The Freebooters of the Wilderness 

Just tell the boys on board hullo for me. 
 On the Beach 

Gee, I guess a blistered palm was just a nice howdy then. 
 Succubi like it hot 

Always thought I'd kind of like to say howdy to you again. 
 Main Street 

You didn't expect him to open his eyes and say howdy, did you? 
 Love overboard 

Nothing could have been more synchronous than the plural howdy-do that confronted me. 
 A Fool and His Money 

I spoke to the colonel this morning, merely to say howdy-do. 
 Parrot & Co. 

Использование термина how-do-you-do на английском

But then there would be a nice how-do-you-do if she did. 
 The Rise of David Levinsky 

The boys say "how-do-you-do" and try to smile like grown-up folks. 
 The Great Hunger 

You come knocking at my door in the middle of the night, I expect a how-do-you-do. 
 The passage 

This is a grand how-do-you-do I must say. 
 The Irish Times 

He didn't waste any time saying how-do-you-do, but just asked this and that and dived in. 
 The Motormaniacs 

I didn't like to be in the neighborhood without dropping in just to say how-do-you-do to you. 
 The Downfall 

Translations for how-do-you-do

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Значения термина how-do-you-do на английском