Conversational English vocabulary

You can say this if you think something's not fair or not reasonable.

You can say this if something's happened later, or taken longer, than it should have.

A polite thing to say when you're letting somebody do something before you do, such as walk through a door or take salad from a bowl.

You can say this if you agree with a suggestion or a request, but you know that others might not agree.

You can say this to wish someone good luck when you're saying good-bye.

This is a polite thing to say when you're offering to help someone.

You can say this when you're adding information, or when you're correcting wrong information.

You can say this when telling someone what you know so far, when there could be other facts you don't know.

You can say this instead of "yes" if someone asks you for permission to do something.

You can say this if you don't know or understand something.

You can say this if you've done something before and you're not interested in doing it again.

You can say this when you're glad something's happened, but you wish it'd happened sooner.

You can say this to someone when you're about to tell them a secret.

You can say this to politely give someone permission to do something.

You can add this to a "yes/no" question to make it sound more polite, esp. when asking if somebody has something, likes something, knows something or someone, etc.

You can say this if you want to mention, or ask about, an unrelated topic, or if you want to change the topic.

You can say this if you're looking forward to something very much.

You can use this instead of "probably" when saying what's likely to happen.

You can say this if you don't understand a word or phrase that someone's used.

You can say this when you're very sure about something, esp. when it seems you could be wrong.

You can use this to emphasize that you'll do what you promise to do, or that you're telling the truth.

You can use this to tell someone to stop doing something that's annoying or upsetting you.