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Everyday American English Expressions!!!
Greetings-selamlasmalar
Hi!
Hello!
Hello there!
Howdy!
Hey
Yo!(slang)
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RE: Everyday American English Expressions!!!
Everyday American English Expressions - 2.1 Explaining that you have been busy
Explaining that you have been busy
I am busy.
Keeping busy.
Keeping myself busy.
Been keeping myself busy.
I'm swamped.
swamped = overwhelmed, as with a swamped boat
I am snowed under.
snowed under = as if buried in snow
I don't have time to breathe.
I don't have time to think.
There aren't enough hours in the day.
Not a moment to spare.
I've been running around with my head cut off. (informal)
I've been running around like a chicken with its head cut off. (informal)
Inviting a friend for a drink or coffee
Do you have time for coffee?
How about a cup of coffee?
Let's go get coffee. Do you have any time?
Let's go for coffee.
Let's go for a beer.
Let's go for a drink.
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RE: Everyday American English Expressions!!!
Everyday American English Expressions - 2 Small Talk
Expressing your state of health and happiness
Fine.
I'm fine.
I'm cool. (slang)
Keeping cool.
Dandy. (informal)
Fine and dandy.
Great.
Couldn't be better.
Happy as a clam. (cliché)
Okay.
All right.
(I) can't complain.
No complaints.
I have nothing to complain about.
Telling how you have been doing - positive
Keeping busy.
Keeping myself busy.
Been keeping myself busy.
Keeping out of trouble.
Been keeping out of trouble.
Been up to no good. (informal)
Been keeping my nose clean. (informal)
Telling how you have been doing - neutral
Getting by.
Been getting by.
Fair to middling. (folksy)
So-so. (informal)
Plugging along. (informal)
Could be worse.
Could be better.
(Just) muddling through.
Same as always.
Same as usual.
Telling how you have been doing - negative
Not good.
Not so good.
Not too good.
None too good.
Not well.
Not very well.
Not so well.
Not too well.
None too well.
Not so hot.
Not too hot.
None too hot.
Not great.
Not so great.
None too great.
Crummy. (slang)
Kind of crummy. (slang)
Lousy. (slang)
I've seen better days.
I've had better days.
Could be better.
I've been better.
I've been under the weather
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RE: Everyday American English Expressions!!!
Everyday American English Expressions - 1.2 Greetings
4. Greeting a person you haven't seen in a long time
I haven't seen you in years!
Long time no see! (informal) (ltns in SMS and IRC)
I haven't seen you in an age!
I haven't seen you in a month of Sundays!
a month of Sundays = a long time
5. Expressing surprise at meeting someone
What a surprise to meet you here!
Imagine meeting you here! (cliché)
Fancy meeting you here. (cliché)
Never thought I'd see you here!
What are you doing in this neck of the woods?
neck of the woods = part of town; location
What are you doing is this part of town?
What are you doing out of the office?
Where've you been hiding yourself?
What have you been up to?
Shouldn't you be in school?
Shouldn't you be at work?
Have you been keeping busy?
You been keeping busy?
Been keeping busy?
Have you been keeping cool?
You been keeping cool?
6. After you have greeted someone
We seem to keep running into each other.
Haven't we met before?
We have to stop meeting like this. (cliché)
Didn't we meet at that party last week?
I'm sorry; I've forgotten your name.
I've been meaning to call you.
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RE: Everyday American English Expressions!!!
Everyday American English Expressions - 1.1 Greetings
1. Simple greetings
Hi!
Hello!
Hello there!
Howdy!
Hey!
Yo! (slang)
2. General greetings
How are you?
How's it going?
How's it been?
How is everything?
How's everything?
How have you been?
How've you been?
How you been? (informal)
How's tricks? (informal) Informal For "How are you?"
e.g. "Hi, how's tricks? " "Oh, fine, how are you doing?"
(reference: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary 2003)
What have you been up to? (နင္/ခင္ဗ်ား ဘာေတြၾကံစည္ေနတာလဲ?) (informal)
be up to sth to be doing something, often something bad or illegal, usually secretly:
She's up to no good (= doing something bad or forbidden) - you can always tell because she
stays in her room.
He looks very suspicious hanging around by the bins - I'm sure he's up to something.
(reference: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary 2003)
What's new? (informal)
What's up? (informal)
What's happening? (slang)
What's going on? (slang)
3. Greeting for various times of the day
Good morning.
Morning.
Mornin'. (informal)
How are you this bright morning?
Good afternoon.
Afternoon.
Good evening.
Evening.
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