there, there

English

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there, there

Conveys comfort; used to calm somebody or urge somebody to relax, especially when the person is crying.
- 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
  "There, there," he said, as simply as though she had been a child of nine, "I'm here with you, little woman. This place certainly is enough to give anyone dreams about reptiles […] "

used to calm somebody

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
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Mandarin: 好啦，好啦 (hǎo la, hǎo la)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} jen, jen
Finnish: noh, noh
French: là, là
Galician: ala, ala
German: na na, nicht doch, aber, aber (de), (when patting a child) ei ei
Icelandic: svona, svona
Indonesian: cup cup
Jamaican Creole: hush
Japanese: よしよし (ja) (yoshi yoshi)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Russian: ну будет, будет; да ладно уж; чего уж там (nu budet, budet; da ladno už; čevo už tam)
Spanish: ya, ya
Swedish: såja, såja (sv), så, så, seså
Thai: please add this translation if you can