Thank You
Apologies
Attracting Someone’s Attention
Greetings and Possible Replies
Expressing Surprise When Meeting People
What We Say When Meeting People
Receiving Visitors and Playing Host
Introducing People
Parting
Agreement, Confirmation, Consent, Certainty, Probability
Disagreement, Denial, Improbability, Doubt, Disbelief
Ignorance, Uncertainty
Surprise and Unexpectedness
Asking for Permission and Instructions, Giving Permission
Requests
Offers, Offering One’s Services
Instructions, Orders, Advice
Encouragement, Comfort, Sympathy, Request
Worry, Anxiety, Trouble, Uneasiness, Misgivings
Approval, Appreciation, Compliments, Praise, Satisfaction
Disapproval, Dissatisfaction, Lack of Sympathy
Indifference, Negligence, Habit, Taking Things Easy, Lack of Surprise
Suggestions, Invitations, Arrangements, Settling Things
Congratulations and Wishes
Anger, Indignation, Irritation, Irony
Warning, Danger, Caution, Threats, Prohibition
Success and Failure, Starting and Finishing a Job
Discussing and Planning Things, Expressing Intention, Determination, Willingness or Reluctance to Do Something Changing One’s Mind
Expressing Necessity and Urgency, Tension and Relaxation
Discussing Mood and State
Discussing Reactions and Impressions, Commenting on People’s Behaviour98 Getting Information, Asking People’s Opinion, Being Curious
Comparing and Contrasting Things, Stressing Likeness and Difference
Making Oneself Understood, Making One’s Meaning Clear
Understanding and Misunderstanding, Clearing up Things
Starting, Resuming and Winding up a Talk, Changing the Subject
Introducing a Personal Element into One’s Statement, Giving Additional Information, Being Emphatic
Debating a Point, Reasoning and Arguing, Winning at Argument and Admitting One’s Defeat
Review Exercises or Readily Available Gap Fillers
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