#Communicating #In #English

25/ #Congratulations

#Examples (#Read, #Discuss #and #practice)

* Congratulations!
* Congratulations on your new baby.
* Let me congratulate you on your new job.
* Let me say congratulations on winning the first prize in the tournament.
* I’d like to say congratulations. You did a great job.


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#Communicating #In #English
26- #Compliments

#Examples (#Read, #Discuss #and #practice)

#Offering #Compliments
* Your apartment is fantastic.
* I like your new hairdo.
* You certainly have good taste in clothes.
* That’s a nice pair of earrings you have on.
* I thought you handle that situation really well.
* What a beautiful garden!
* How nice you look tonight!
* I must compliment you on you on your tennis game. You played well.
* My compliments to you on this delicious meal.
* May I compliment you on your choice of a wife.
* I’d like to compliment you on your report.

#Accepting #a #Compliment
* Thank you.
* Oh, it was nothing.
* Do you think so?
* Oh, they’re really not very good.
* Thank you for the compliment.
* I appreciate the compliment.
* Flattery will get you nowhere.
* You’re just flattering Me.

#Rejecting #a #Compliment
* Don’t give me that.
* Don’t try and flatter me.
* I don’t like flatterers.
* You’re just flattering me.
* Flattery will get you nowhere.
* Nonsense.
* You’re full of baloney.

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‏A group of abbreviations with the whole expression with its meaning in Kurdish.

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#Communicating #In #English
27/ #Praise / #Credit

#Examples (#Read, #Discuss #and #practice)

#Offering praise/#Credit

* Nice work, Alice.
* Nice going, Bob.
* You did a great job, Manuel.
* That was a great game, Ali.
* You deserve a lot of credit for all the work you’ve done, Lucy.
* I have to give you credit, Fred. That was a masterstroke.
* I’d like to give credit to Tina Jones for the beautiful cake.
* I’ve got to hand it to you, Toshi. You did very well.
* I want to acknowledge Linda’s contributions to this bazaar’s success.

#Requesting #Praise/ #Credit
* Don’t I get any credit?
* Don’t I deserve some credit for what I did?
* What credit do I get for helping you all these years?
* You have to give me some credit too, you know.
* Wasn’t what I did worth anything?
* What about my contributions?


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#Communicating #In #English
28/ #Encouragement/ #Discouraging

#Examples (#Read, #Discuss #and #practice)
* C’man,
* Go on!
* Hang in there!
* Go, man, go!
* Keep it up!
* Don’t give up!
* Keep your chin up!
* Don’t get discouraged!
* Keep up the good work!
* Keep on pushing!
* You’re doin’ great!
* Keep the faith!
* I want to encourage you to try out for the team.
* Let me encourage you to keep on studying in school.

- Give up!
- Don’t bother with it.
- Don’t waste your time.
- It’s not worth the effort.
- What do you want to do that for?
- You don’t really want to do that, do you?
- You really want to do that?
- That’s a lousy plan if lever heard one.
- I don’t want to discourage you, but you’ll never make it.
- I don’t mean to put you down, but that won’t work.

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#Communicating #In #English
29/ #Condolences

#Examples (#Read, #Discuss #and #practice)

#Offering #Condolences
* I’m sorry.
* I’m sorry to hear about your father.
* I’m sorry to hear that your little Tweetie died.
* Let me offer my condolences.
* Let me tell you how sorry I am to hear about your grandmother.
* I know how you must feel ...
* It must be pretty hard on you ...
* You must feel terrible about losing your brother like this ...

#Responding #to #Condolences
* Thank you.
* That’s very kind of you.
* There’s nothing that can be done about it.
* It’s God’s will, I suppose...
* God giveth and taketh away...


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#Communicating #In #English

30/ #Agreeing/ #Disagreeing/ #Refusing


#Examples (#Read, #Discuss #and #practice)

#Asking #For #Agreement

* That’s a nice looking boat, huh?
* He’s a lousy player, isn’t he?
* That’s a fascinating painting, don’t you think?
* We’d better finish this today, don’t you agree?
* He’s not to be trusted. Isn’t that so?
* Don’t you agree that this plan is too risky?
* Are you in agreement with us?
* Do you agree to help us if we need help?
* Would you go along with a 2% membership fees increase?

#Agreeing
* I agree.
* I know what you mean.
* I think so, too.
* That’s for sure.
* Right on.
* Certainly.
* O.K. with me.
* Fine with me.
* I agree to do so.
* I’ll go along with that.
* It’s a deal.

#Disagreeing/ #Refusing
* I don’t agree.
* I disagree.
* I don’t think so.
* I’m not so sure.
* I find I can’t agree with you.
* I can’t go along with you on that.
* I refuse.
* No way.
* No deal.

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