Mind your pleases and thank yous (Mind your Ps and Qs).

Requests in Great Britain:

1. Help.

2. Help me, please.

3. Can you help me?

4. Could you help me?

5. Could you possibly help me?

6. Would you mind helping me?

7. I wonder if you would mind helping me.

8. Exuse me, I wonder if you would mind helping me.

9. Exuse me, I`m terribly sorry to bother you, but I wonder if you would mind helping me.

10. Exuse me, I`m terribly sorry to bother you, but I wonder if you would mind helping me a moment.

11. Exuse me, I`m terribly sorry to bother you, but I wonder if you would mind helping me a moment, as long as it`s no trouble, of course.

12. Exuse me, Sir. I`m terribly sorry to bother you, but I wonder if you would mind helping me a moment, as long as it`s no trouble, of course. (Asking of the sinking person to help him addressed to an Englishmen who would help him after the last phrase).

Do it Could you / would you do it? Perhaps, you could do it. / You may (might) do it. I was wondering if you could do it.

Would you mind moving your car, please?

May I see your ticket?

Bring the menu, please.

Could / May I have the menu, please?

You are invited … / I`d like to invite you … / I`d like to ask you … / I`d like to wish you … / I`d like to congratulate you on … .

I`m afraid / unfortunately / if I may / if you don`t mind my saying so… .

- Hello / Hi / Good morning / Morning / How`re you? / Hi-ya / How are you getting on? / How are you keeping? / How`ve you been keeping? / How`s life? / How`re things? / What`s new? / Are you well? / Lovely day, isn`t it? / What weather?

- Fine / Well / Great / I`m all right / I`m very well / I`m very well, indeed / I`m grand (the Irish).

- Why, what`s up? / What`s wrong? / What`s the matter? / What`s happened?

- OK / So-so (Not bad) / Could be better / Could be worse / You don’t want to know.

- Glad to see you / What a nice pleasure / Fancy meeting you here / What a nice surprise! / Haven`t seen you for a long time (for ages) / It`s been ages / It`s been a long time / It`s a long time (since we`ve seen each other) / Long time no see / Well, look who it is / Well, look who the wind blew in.

- It was nice to meet you / It was nice seeing you. I did enjoy your party. / It was lovely / That was wonderful / That was really great / I really enjoyed that / Nice to have met you / I was pleased to see you / Good to talk to you / Thank you for having me / Thank you for coming / Thank you for inviting me / Thank you very much for a lovely dinner / Thank you for your time / Say hi (hello) to Helen / Remember me to Paul / (Give my) regards to your parents / (Convey my) congratulations to Ann / (Give my) love to Kitty / Best wishes to Sam / We`ll be in touch / See you / We`ll see you soon / See you at the University / See you tomorrow / See you later / See you next week / Till next time then / I hope we see you again before too long / I hope to see you again soon / I`ll ring you later / Talk to you soon / Keep in touch / Don`t hesitate to call / Give me a ring / Give me a buzz / Give me a tinkle / Give us a shout / Drop me a line / Text me / Have a nice day / Have a relaxing afternoon / Have a great evening / Have a lovely weekend / Enjoy the party / Enjoy your holiday / All the best / Take care / Look after yourself / Don`t work too hard.

- Thank you very much / thank you so much / thank you so very much / thank you ever so much / thank you awfully / thanks a lot / many thanks / a million thanks.