(I'm) (a)fraid so

A reponse used to politely answer a question in the affirmative when the speaker regrets that this is the case. When the phrase is abbreviated to "'fraid so," an apostrophe is sometimes used in place of the missing letter. A: "Are you really moving all the way across the country?" B: "I'm afraid so." A: "Are you going to be working late again tonight?" B: "'Fraid so."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anneka	-	English (Rare)
Rikard	REE-kahrd (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Elah	-	Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Mihammad	-	Arabic
Bruno	['bru:nəu]
Emilia	e-MEEL-yah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), E-mee-lee-ah (Finnish), e-MEE-lee-ah (Swedish)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English