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General greetings and inquiries

    How's it going?


    How's everything?

    How's life?

    (This means "How are you?"
    not
    "Where are you going?")


Asking about present activities

    What's up?

    What's happening?

    (What are you doing now?)


Asking and telling about recent events

    What's new?

    Guess what?

    (What interesting has happened since I last saw you?)

    (I want to tell you something. Ask me about it.)
    (The appropriate response to this is "What?")

    A: Guess what?

    A: I just got a new job.

    B: What?

    B: Congratulations!


Bringing up a serious topic

    Can I talk to you for a minute?

    Do you have a minute?

    Got a minute?

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Comments (2)Add Comment
informal only
written by Ahmed, March 15, 2008
most of these expressions are informal ..... we need some formal examples
Useful
written by sak, July 16, 2008
This website really useful smilies/cheesy.gif

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