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Meaning of ay me | Babel Free

Interjection CEFR B2

Definitions

Expressing grief, sorrow etc.

archaic

Examples

“Ay me, it is my husband.”
“Ay-me, to whom did I reserve, to discover that singular and loving affection, which in my soule I bare unto him?”
“Ay me! they little know / How dearly I abide that boast so vain[…].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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