25 English Phrases to Use in a Conversation

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it’s nice to meet you hello it’s nice to

meet you you can only use this the first

time that you meet someone if you say

this to somebody after you have met them

already you’re going to see them either

a like you’ve completely forgotten

meeting them or be like you are a very

strange person for saying it’s nice to

meet you again

so when you use this the first time you

can shake hands with someone and say

hello it’s nice to meet you

I love traveling you are the kind of

person who wants to go to many different

countries and you want to be able to

speak to the people in those countries

presumably English speaking countries

you can say I love travelling maybe I

think it’s gonna rain tomorrow you can

say yeah maybe you don’t know for sure

yes or no but it’s possible it’s a good

sort of in-between expression but if you

use maybe all the times gonna sound

really strange and it’s gonna sound like

you can’t make a decision so use maybe

very sparingly don’t use it so often

maybe is very commonly used it’s a soft

no it’s up to you to figure that out

among the people that you’re talking to

though can I try this on is useful when

you’re shopping for clothes so you find

something that you’d like to try just

ask the staff can I try this on you can

just say I want to try this on if you

like the next pattern is I feel like

blah blah blah you can use I feel like

when you introduce a suggestion or

something that you would like to do

especially for food drinks or activities

so for example I feel like coffee

I feel like Italian food I feel like an

action movie there’s some activity or

something you would like to do at the

end of this pattern

I feel like bowling this afternoon

something needs to go here some sort of

activity of course you can use this

expression to talk about your feelings I

feel like something but this something

must be a noun it must be a noun like if

you feel really great I feel like a

million bucks for example if you feel

really bad I feel like garbage

that’s a nice expression that somehow it

just came out of my head anyway you can

use this in two ways but this must be

completed with a noun phrase at the end

of the sentence what did you say what

did you say if you couldn’t quite hear

something that someone else said you can

use this question to confirm sorry what

did you say it’s a little nicer than

just saying what what did you say or

what did you just say sorry what did you

say I couldn’t hear you

I enjoy many of my students say what is

your hobby but that’s not something that

native speakers will say no native

speakers say what is your hobby instead

we ask what do you like to do or what do

you do in your free time this is a much

more natural question than what’s your

hobby the answer to this then is I enjoy

or I like plus a noun phrase so for

example what do you like to do I like

listening to music or I enjoy listening

to music what are you do in your free

time

I like watching movies what are you do

in your free time

I like baking cakes what do you do in

your free time I enjoy tap dancing what

do you do in your free time

I enjoy making new friends oh I want to

speak to my partner’s family in their

language I want to speak to my partner’s

family in their language so maybe you

and your partner share a common language

and you can communicate together but

maybe your partner’s family does not

have that same common language you maybe

decide oh I want to learn some of the

language so that I can communicate with

my partner’s family that might be a good

reason to study yes you’re right yes

you’re right means you’re correct yes I

agree with you I think that’s the right

information I think that’s the correct

opinion just a very clear agreement

phrase you’re right

it also has the nuance of being correct

so maybe there was there were there was

a possibility the other person could be

incorrect did you know that pepperoni

pizza is the most delicious pizza in the

world yes you’re right you could change

it too that’s right for that opinion you

can use your to talk specifically about

the person itself but that’s right yes

that’s right that information is curved

could we have the menu please if for

some reason you don’t receive a menu

when you come to the table you can again

just wave it a member of the staff and

say could we have the menu please where

are you from the next word the next

question is where are you from this can

refer to your country or your city mmm

but I feel like pop more stuff and it

refers to your country so where are you

from your answer should be I’m from

places I’m from China I am from Japan

I’m from Vietnam I’m from America

whatever I’m from absolutely absolutely

means 100% yes exactly precisely

definitely it’s a quick and clear and

can be polite as well as casual word

that means you agree with the other

person hey do you want to go to the

beach this weekend yeah absolutely

absolutely next word is yes yes of

course yes means is any positive

expression someone asks you a question

and the answer is a positive answer you

say yes yep uh-huh

yeah we know next word is want want what

do you want I want food how many coffees

have you ever wanted I wanted to go to

the dry cleaners this morning but I ran

at a time that’s true where is the

bathroom where is the bathroom very

important question where is the bathroom

in American English where is the

bathroom or where is the restroom is

more common than where is the toilet

using the word toilet is a little bit

too direct in American English so I

recommend bathroom or restroom I’d like

to have a non-smoking seat please

so when you go to a restaurant you have

an option between smoking and

non-smoking sections the staff will say

smoking or non-smoking you can say I’d

like to have a non-smoking seat please

quite honestly though the most natural

response is just to say non-smoking I’m

sorry is the next word we’re gonna talk

about I’m sorry is used to apologize

when you have made a mistake or someone

you know it’s made a mistake and you’re

connected to it or you just feel bad you

can use I’m sorry you made a mistake at

work I’m sorry

you forgot to feed your cat I’m sorry

sorry about that you bump someone next

to you sorry tell is the next verb tell

me a story

tell me lies tell me sweet little life

tell me the truth the whole truth and

nothing but the truth I’m told that you

are an extremely good opera singer I’m

telling you to leave tell lies every day

go and tell lies the next word is place

place can be used to refer generally to

a location commonly to refer to friends

homes or apartments let’s go to your

place or can we have the party at your

place is a little bit more natural then

I want to go to your house is this the

train for bla bla bla or is this the

train that goes to bla bla bla to

confirm with someone that I’m indeed on

the correct train line if I say is this

the train bound for San Francisco you

can use that to check if you’re correct

the next phrase is I would like to order

something you can use this at a

restaurant probably or in any situation

where you need to place an order I’d

like a pizza I like beer can I get the

check please this will be used at a

restaurant when you’ve finished your

meal and it’s time to go can I get the

check please

in a very very casual situation you can

just say check please that’s fine the

next phrase is see you soon see you soon

is used with friends and family members

perhaps when you expect to see them

again

soon after saying goodbye to them this

is used at the end of the conversation

you’re going separate directions

see you soon see ya is also good or just

see you to make it a little more formal

you can say I’ll see you again soon make

a full sentence out of it that way

the next phrases see you later see you

later is very similar to see you soon

but the point is with see you later is

that you’re probably going to meet that

person again later on in the same day

the last phrase is really really is a

very useful word because you can use it

to show you were interested in a

conversation with upward intonation

really really tell me more or to show

that you’re not so interested in the

conversation with downward intonation

really so there are many other words

that you can use similar to really in

this way like seriously or oh-oh and so

on so it’s a really good practice for

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