Hesitation: hum!

Resolution: by Jove!

Silence: hush! hist! listen! shh!

To animals: whoa! gee! haw! geddap! kitty-kitty! puss-puss!

Onomatapoetic: ding-dong! bang! whiz! bing! crack! snap! etc., etc.

(In general the use of interjections, especially of capricious character, is much more characteristic of the best Italian writing and speech than it is of English.)


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