Inglês/Gramática/Vocabulário/Trechos de conversas: diferenças entre revisões

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===Telephoning===
===Telephoning===


To ask about someone on the telephone, use:

* May I speak to ... , please? (formal)

* Is ... there? (informal)


To leave a message, use:


* ''Can I leave a message?''

* ''Could I leave a message?''

* ''May I leave a message?''

* ''Can you ask ... to call me?''


To ask someone to repeat something, use:


* ''Could you repeat that, please?'' (formal)

* ''Would you repeat that, please?'' (formal)

* ''Pardon?''

* ''Excuse me?''

* ''I'm sorry, I didn't catch that.''


Some alternative forms to say "yes" are:

* Of course.

* Sure.


===Thanking===
===Thanking===

Revisão das 18h27min de 16 de janeiro de 2006

Conversation pieces

Trechos de conversas


Accepting

Apologising

  • Excuse me, ...
  • Sorry to interrupt.
  • Well now.
  • I'm afraid so.
  • I'm afraid not.

Arriving at a hotel

Booking a hotel

Expressing surprise

Expressar surpresa.

  • Good heavens!
  • I don’t believe it!
  • Well, well, well!

Goodbyes

Making contact

Meeting people

Offering

Recommending

Refusing permission

Requests

Responding to news or information

Responder à notícias ou informações.

  • Good for you!
  • I’m sorry to hear that.
  • Oh, how lovely!
  • Sounds great.
  • Yes, I suppose you must be.
  • Wow! That sounds exciting.

Responding to thanks

Saying: ‘That’s life.’

Dizer: Isto é a vida.

  • It was just one of those things.
  • That’s the ways it goes.
  • These things happen.
  • You know how it is.

Telephoning

To ask about someone on the telephone, use:

* May I speak to ... , please? (formal) 
* Is ... there? (informal) 


To leave a message, use:


* Can I leave a message? 
* Could I leave a message? 
* May I leave a message? 
* Can you ask ... to call me? 


To ask someone to repeat something, use:


* Could you repeat that, please? (formal) 
* Would you repeat that, please? (formal) 
* Pardon? 
* Excuse me? 
* I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. 


Some alternative forms to say "yes" are:

* Of course. 
* Sure.

Thanking

  • Thank you.
  • Thank you very much!
  • Many thanks.
  • Thanks a lot.