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Alas
Interjection
Definitions
1.
Interjection
Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief, resignation, or disappointment.
"I wanted to catch the last bus home, but alas, I was ten minutes late and had to take a taxi instead."
2.
Noun
A type of geological depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.
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