اهديكم بعض العبارات الشائعة الاستعمال في التقديم والشكر والاعتذار وغيرها
10 Ways to Say Hello & Goodbye
1.Hello
2.Hi
3.(informal) Hey
4.Hi there
5.(informal) Howdy
6.Bye
7.Bye-bye
8.(informal) See ya later
9.Take care
10.Have a good one
10 Informal Ways to Say Yes and No
1.Yeah
2.Yup
3.Mm-hmm!
4.Uh-huh!
5.Sure!
6.Nope
7.Nah
8.Mm-mm
9.Uh-uh
10.No way!
10 Ways to Ask How Someone Is
1.How are you?
2.How’s it going?
3.How ya doin’?
4.How are things?
5.How’s life?
6.How have you been?
7.How’s your family?
8.What’s up?
9.What’s new?
10.What have you been up to lately?
10 Ways to Say How You Are
1.I’m fine, thanks. How about you?
2.Pretty good.
3.Not bad.
4.Great!
5.Couldn’t be better!
6.Can’t complain.
7.I’ve been busy.
8.Same as always.
9.Not so great.
10.Could be better.
Note: The way to respond to “What’s up?” and “What’s new?” is typically “Not much.”
10 Ways to Say Thank You
1.Thanks.
2.Thanks a lot.
3.Thank you so much.
4.Thanks a million!
5.Thanks for your help. / Thanks for helping me.
6.I really appreciate it.
7.I’m really grateful.
8.That’s so kind of you.
9.I can’t thank you enough.
(for extremely important things)
10.I owe you one.
(this means you want/need to do a favor for the other person in the future)
10 Ways to Respond to “Thank You”
1.You’re welcome.
2.No problem.
3.No worries.
4.Don’t mention it.
5.My pleasure.
6.Anytime.
7.It was the least I could do.
8.Glad to help.
9.Sure!
10.Thank you.
(use this when you ALSO have something to thank the other person for)
5 Phrases for Apologizing
1.I’m sorry that… [ex. I was so rude yesterday]
2.It’s my fault.
(= I am taking responsibility for the problem)
3.Oops, sorry.
(for very small problems)
4.I should have… [ex. called you and told you I’d be late]
5.(formal) I apologize for… [ex. the delay]
5 Ways to Respond to an Apology
1.That’s OK.
2.It happens.
3.No problem.
4.Don’t worry about it.
5.I forgive you.
(for serious problems)