ehm

Definitions

um, er expressing hesitation

Examples

“[…]ehm but if you’re happy then that’s what it comes up to at the end⟳ of the day if you’re happy doing what you are. ehm (..) if you’re not then it’s up to you to change⟳ it ehm I don’t think⟳ there’s a – (.) an age thing it’s ehm a personal one.”

“01 C: ehm hiya / 02 S: hi how can I help⟳ / 03 C: ((laughing)) ehm well I’ve just been informed I can’t get⟳ on (.) my plane[…]”

“So ehm, I agreed that I would look⟳ at, ehm, ways of, ehm, of reducing the amount I was spending on my personal development,[…]”

CEFR level