Hi guys! The word "what" in English is
frequently used the beginning of a
sentence to make a statement and so
these are statements that you can make
they'll help you have a broader English
vocabulary and these are phrases that
are used all the time
such as what a shame the way it's
pronounced is important
"What a shame!: it means you regret
something or something unfortunate
happened
Similarly "What a mess!" "What a mess!"-
something messy and means it's not tidy
it means something bad happened
"What a disaster!" "What a disaster!"
is another way to comment on
something that happened that is not
correct "What a joke!" "What a joke!" is the
way that's pronounced - it means a
something that is really
not correct or you think it's a waste of
time. You can say about somebody "What a
phony!" "What a phony!" - a phony is the opposite
of somebody who's real
so someone's a phony they behave in a
way to fake or not true or deceitful. You
can also comment on somebody
"What a gossip!" "What a gossip!" - gossip is
stories that someone tells about another
person often no one's business but
gossips like to spread stories, usually
negative and finally "What an idiot!"
it's a strong phrase to use but if
somebody does behave in an idiotic way
meaning negative or callous or unkind, unfriendly
you can say "What an idiot!"
other ways that "what" is used to the
beginning of a sentence to emphasize an
opinion is "What makes you so sure?" "What
makes you so sure?" - sure means to be
confident in your opinion so you are
questioning why that other
person is so confident - you don't really
believe them or you could say "What's the
big deal?" - big deal here means why are
you making a comment on something -
you're saying that the other person
why are you raising this as an issue
it's another way of thing
"What is the problem?" "What is the problem?"
meaning why is this person raising a
contentious or a kind of argumentative
of point in the conversation. Another way
to say just kind of feeling of
frustration is "What a way to treat
someone!" "What a way to treat someone!" I
heard somebody say this after they
called a customer service at a company
and they were very rudely treated and
the person said to the customer service
representative on the phone
"What a way to treat someone!" and so
because that person was poorly treated
he'll never buy from that company again
All of these "what" -"what" kind of phrases
show frustration, exasperation or some
irritation and you'll hear them in TV
shows and movies, you'll see them in
books and hear them in conversation so
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