せっかく、英語で注文しようと意気込んで入ったのに、日本語で「いらっしゃいませ」って言われた。あれ？って感じ。の英語

After I got all worked up about ordering in English, I walked in the store and they greeted me with "Irasshaimase!" I felt, like, "What the ...?"

When I went to the dentist, he told me to raise my hand whenever it hurt, but when I did he waved me off and told me to hang on a minute. So what was the point of him telling me that earlier?

"You're late back today." "Yeah... I got caught up in a conversation when I met an old friend on the way back and now look at the time!" "I'm hungry." "I know, I know. I'll get straight to making it now."

I think that the expression "Is this seat taken?" is even more natural sounding and polite than "May I sit here?".

"Mmmmn ... maybe I'll have a hair of the dog." "Whoa, hold up a mo! Here, I cooked roast fish for this morning. You ought to be able to eat this OK."

The drunk turned nasty when asked to leave the bar, and accused the barman of overcharging.

I may seem confident, but I get extremely nervous speaking in front of people. My hands tremble, I get all tongue-tied, and sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying myself.

"The restaurant provided two set menus; Menu A at 9,000 yen and Menu B at 6,000 yen. In addition, they recently started a new Menu S at 20,000 yen.""The manager of the restaurant completely understands the marketing method called 'anchoring'."

"I just ran into a friend today who had transferred schools a while back." "Cool!" "Yeah. Then, we talked about movies, and they suggested we go watch one sometime soon. Is that OK?" "Sure! But, is this friend a boy or a girl?" "....."

"Shall we go for a glass of wine somewhere?" "I've got to go home. My husband and children are waiting to have their dinner with me."

A boy and a girl came in. I spoke to the boy, who seemed to be older than the girl.

Once I arrived home from school, I heard some sounds coming from my closet, and thinking that it was just our pet cat Chiro, I opened the door wide open, and instead found some guy I didn't know inside.

No doubt, regardless of the time, she was planning to go to the net café without me if I hadn't arrived first.

During lunch in the hotel dining-room the girl called Stella collapsed, and when Dr. Stewart examined the body he said...

During lunch in the hotel dining room, the girl named Stella collapsed, and when Dr. Stewart examined the body he said...

"Your work has been causing a lot of complaints from customers; I'm ordering you to leave immediately." "Oh, up yours! I didn't want to work here in the first place."

Use the expression "May I sit here?" when first meeting with your interviewer. It is a polite way of asking which you shouldn't be afraid of using.

"Mmmmn ... maybe I'll have a hair of the dog." "Whoa, hold up a mo! Here, I cooked roast fish for this morning. You ought to be able to eat this OK."

"Say something in French." "Say something like what?" "Anything's fine." "Bonjour. Merci. There, I said something." "What, you're so boring!" "Didn't you say I could say anything?"

"Welcome home. The bath is ready for you." "I'm feeling hungry, so is it ok if I eat something beforehand?" "No, don't touch a thing! Get to the bathroom." "Hey, you don't have to treat me like a germ you know." "But do you think I can help it with the current state of the world? Please hurry up. Oh, and don't forget to leave the window open after you get out of the bath."

"Your work has been causing a lot of complaints from customers; I'm ordering you to leave immediately." "Oh, up yours! I didn't want to work here in the first place."

What surprised me most when I first entered college was how few of my classmates knew how to study efficiently.

"Say something in French." "I don't know what to say to that." "Well, try saying 'I don't know what to say to that' in French."

"I got angry again today" "hmph" "They said some very weird things again, are you listening?"

"Feels like I haven't seen you in forever. You doing good?" "Yeah, I'm good. I've been so busy lately I haven't had much time to spare. Right now I'm at a hospital in the waiting room, and I had a bit of time so I thought I'd shoot you a message."

"You speak Spanish at home, and English at school, right?" "Right." "What about when you play basketball with your friends? Do you speak English or Spanish?" "English. My friends understand Spanish a bit, but all they know how to say is swear words."

At that time, the verbal abuse of patients by doctors was a public concern and I thought that maybe I could do a better job of communicating with patients.

That would be twenty-seven words instead of four, and while the bare message of the longer statement would be understood, the persuasive force would be lost.

Some people even called for an ambulance because they did not know which hospital to go to, or because they had no other means of transportation.

"I guess you just slept through our last class." "Yeah, I wasn't able to keep myself awake any longer. Do you think the teacher noticed?" "They didn't seem to notice, but you completely dozed off, so all the boys were laughing about it." "Yikes. That's probably even worse."