Thursday, October 22, 2015
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Socializing at an office party
Socializing with co-workers is an important part of building good
relationships, but it can be awkward if you find yourself at a loss for
words. Fortunately, there are some great techniques for this situation
that you can learn and practice.
Socializing at an office party 1
Socializing at an office party 2
businessenglishpod.com
Socializing at an office party 1
Socializing at an office party 2
businessenglishpod.com
Socializing
Click on the links to listen and read the conversations.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
At the Store
Here are some sample phrases and expression you might use at a store.
When you enter the store/start a conversation with the clerk:
What a customer might respond:
When you enter the store/start a conversation with the clerk:
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What a clerk might say: May I help you? Can I help you? Can I help you find something? What can I do for you? |
What a customer might say: Excuse me. Do you work here? Can I ask you something? |
What a customer might respond:
Yes. I'm looking for ________________.
Do you have any ___________ (s)?
Can you tell me where the ___________is/are?
Did you find everything you needed?
Did you find what you were looking for?
Did you find everything okay?
Will that be all (for today)?
Is that everything?
(Will there be) anything else?
That's all for today. That's it. Thanks.
Simple Shopping
Buying and Selling
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
LOVE VOCABULARY
Here is some vocabulary to describe some of the
different stages of a relationship
Chat up - starting a relationship
to chat (somebody) up - to talk
to somebody in the hope of starting a romantic or sexual relationship
to flirt (with somebody) - to
behave playfully towards another person who you are - or pretend to be -
attracted to romantically or sexually
a flirt - a person
who likes to flirt
a blind date - a
meeting (arranged by a third party) with a person you might be interested in
romantically but who you have never met before
lonely
hearts
small
ads (in newspapers, magazines or on the internet) which give a short
description of a person you would like to date. To save space, some of these
abbreviations are used:
WLTM -
would like to meet
GSOH -
good sense of humour
LTR -
long-term relationship
Loved up - being in a relationship
to be smitten with somebody - to be
deeply affected by your love for somebody
to fall for somebody - to fall
in love with somebody
it was love at first sight - two
people fell in love with each other as soon as they met
to get engaged/married
I can
hear wedding bells - I
suspect that they are going to get married soon
terms of endearment
names
people in love give each other or call each other:
darling
sweetheart
love
pet
babe/baby
cutey pie
honey bunny
Break up - finishing a relationship
they are
having a domestic (informal) - they are
having an argument
they
have blazing rows - they
have very serious, often noisy arguments
(s)he is
playing away from home - (s)he is
having an affair
to break up with somebody - to
finish a relationship with somebody
to split up - to break up
to dump somebody - to
finish a relationship with somebody without much thought for the other person
break-up
lines
(fixed)
expressions, often sweet or apologetic, used to tell a partner that the
relationship is finished or is going to finish:
We need to talk
I just need some space
It's not you, it's me
I hope that we can always be friends
This is hurting me more than it is hurting you
It's not enough that we love each other
It simply wasn't meant to be
A secret admirer
Someone
who fancies someone else but keeps it a secret
Adapted from BBC English
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