thank you
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- idiom
- /θæŋk ju/
:
gracias
- Good morning everyone, and thank you, Gene, for the kind introduction.
- thank you very much
- say thank you
- thank you again
Which by the way, thank you guys so, so much.
- Which by the way, thank you guys so, so much.
- Tell me, first of all, thank you for calling in.
- So thank you and we love you guys.
- Thank you, Nicole, thank you for the Super cute card.
- And let me just start by saying thank you, themba, for sending this e-mail.
- And lastly, mom, thank you for loving me.
- So just wanted to say thank you for for those words of wisdom.
Examples
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Well, thank you so much for letting us come here.
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I just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful gift you gave me.
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And so thank you and thank you, John.
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And yeah, just thank you and we'll see you soon.
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Which by the way, thank you guys so, so much.
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Tell me, first of all, thank you for calling in.
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So thank you and we love you guys.
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Right boys, Thank you very much for today.
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So I, I want to thank you for having the conversation.
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Dear God, whose name I do not know, thank you for my life.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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Words you say or write to show you are grateful
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9.9
To say thank you in a short informal way in Britain
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8.8
A French word used to say thank you
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An informal way of saying thank you very much
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A Spanish word used to say thank you
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9.5
An Italian word used to say thank you
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9.9
An informal way to say thank you that comes from German and is used in English conversation
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9.9
A casual Japanese word meaning thanks
To say thank you to someone
A friendly old word people say to show they are grateful
An old word for thank you seen in books or stories
How Grateful
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Surface Forms
Morphology
thank + you
The meaning 'to express gratitude' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'thank' (to express thanks) with 'you' (the addressee); the phrase simply performs the speech act signalled by its parts. This construction is conventionalized but compositional and has clear cross-linguistic equivalents, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Used as a quick reply, thank you began as the short form of 'I thank you' when someone helped you; imagine smiling and offering your thanks like a tiny gift, and saying thank you now shows 'thanks'.