murongfeixue
Is there anyone who can tell me how to ask for a cigarette when I meet a stranger for the first time? actually, I was asking for a cigarette when I saw a girl was smoking ,and the brand she was smoking was the one I used to smoke. And I have had quitted smoking long time ago.I just loved the feelings with a cigarette in my mouth. I mean I want to share it as my friends and I always did. I think the anwaer would be different?
10 янв. 2010 г., 11:40
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Do you have a cigarette? The listener will sense your question is asking him/her for a cigarette. But, if the listener is not a Native English speaker, the result may be different.
10 января 2010 г.
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Why total stranger would offer you cigarette? If I remember in western countries like around 20-30% of population smokes. So the chances for you finding total stranger who would offer you cigarette just like that are quite slim. Plus I consider some total stranger coming to ask cigarette on the street quite rude.
10 января 2010 г.
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^^ Either: "Do you have a light, please?" (Nobody is ever going to hand you their lighter, so don't even bother asking for that) Or. "Pardon me, do you have a smoke?" Either way, by the way, is a VERY bad way to introduce yourself. But that's not what you asked.
10 января 2010 г.
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I'm not going to lecture you about the problems associated with smoking, since you probably are fully aware. So I'm going to answer your question as well as I can. But the likelihood of a total stranger offering you a cigarette in London (or elsewhere for that matter) is very very slim. I presume you know this and you want to ask for a lighter? In that case ' Could I please use your lighter for my cigarette' would be the correct way to ask. If however,you want to ask for cigarette you can say ' Would you please give me a cigarette I could smoke?'.
10 января 2010 г.
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Good day, sir. I would like to smell vile and repellent, and stain my teeth yellow. I would like to leave ashes about, and risk fire and death. Could you help me, please?
10 января 2010 г.
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murongfeixue
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арабский, китайский (путунхуа), английский, немецкий, русский, испанский
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