Speak English or Die

Posted by admin on February 22, 2008 under Communication Skills | Comments are off for this article

1. An expensive count battle could drag on for years.
2. Are you really listening to the radio ? or should I turn it off ?
3. As a lawyer,I deal with hundreds of people every year.
4. Can I have change for a twenty ?
5. Can I see your driver’s license ?
6. Can I take you order ?
7. Can you come here when you have a second ?



8. Could I see your wine list ?
9. Could we have a dogie bag ?
10. Don’t talk with your mouth full.
11. Employees are allowed to dress down Fridays and come to work in jeans and T-shirt.
12. Everybody crowded around to have a look at the baby.
13. Four name kept cropping up in conversation.
14. HIV had begun in African monkeys and crossed over to humans.
15. Have you decided on a date for your wedding yet?
16. He knew that his father would cut him off without a penny if he married Elizabeth.
17. He made a hole in the ground, emptied the contents of the sack into it & then covered it over.
18. I read an article about that in a magazine – I’ll see if I can dig it out for you.
19. I took up yoga, and soon all my aches and pain dropped away, as if by magic.
20. I’ll call right now to find it out.
21. I’m dying of hunger.
22. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
23. If a course has a high dropout rate, ask yourself why.
24. If things don’t change soon, I’m going to quit my job.
25. If you are tired, why don’t you lie down for an hour or so ?
26. If you want to dial out, press nine and then dial the number.
27. Is this all on one bill ?
28. It can take quite a long time to dial into the internet.
29. It only takes 10 minutes to get to the village if you cut across the field.
30. Many people still disappear of the idea of sex before marriage.
31. Maxwell drove on, in spite off the thickening fog.
32. Months passed, and I began to despair of ever seeing her again.
33. Obviously a noisy road nearby detracts from the value of a house.
34. Penalties for dealing in illegal drugs are strict.
35. Please have a seat. The program will be starting soon.
36. Please turn off the light when you lease the room.
37. Several tress had to be cut down before the building work could start.
38. She got off the train at Reagon Circle.
39. She has a very annoying habit of cutting in on people while they are speaking.
40. She picks up math easily, but she is not good at reading.
41. Table for four.
42. The discussion degenerated into a shouting match.
43. The money is to be divided up equally between her two sons.
44. The nurse dosed him up with aspirin and sent him to bed.
45. The teller counted out $500 in fifty dollar bill.
46. There’s a ten minute wait.
47. This isn’t what I ordered.
48. We talked over our idea about redecorating the room but we couldn’t reach a decision.
49. We will talk about it later – I don’t want to deprive you of sleep.
50. Where is the washroom ?