Usage Note
Là means 'there' but in speech often just points to 'here', and it glues onto nouns for emphasis, as in cet homme-là for 'that man over there'. The everyday oh là là expresses surprise or dismay, and voilà literally bundles up 'see there'.
Examples
"Il est là."
Natural Translation
He is there.
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