TIME TO USE YOUR ENGLISH!
These are expressions you may need during your trip:
ALWAYS BE EXTREMELY POLITE AND THEY WILL LOVE YOU! |
- Please / Thank you (very much)
- To accept: Yes, please
- To refuse: No, thank you
- After hearing ‘thank you’: You’re welcome! / Don’t mention it! / It’s all right! / That’s okay!
- Hello / Good morning / Good afternoon / Good evening / Good night /Goodbye
- Excuse me (before) / I’m sorry (after)
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IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND: |
- (I beg your) pardon? / Can you repeat please? / Can you speak more slowly please?
- I don’t understand / I didn’t understand / I didn’t catch that / I didn’t hear you
- How do you spell it? Can you write it down for me please?
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SHOPPING |
- Push / Pull / Open / Closed / Cash desk
- Can I help you? – No, thank you, I’m just looking! / We are together.
- Do you have ___? / I would like __ / I’m looking for ___
- How much is it? / It’s too expensive. Sorry, I haven’t got enough money
- It’s a gift; could you wrap it up please?
- I don’t know my size.
- Shoes: What is your shoe size? – I take size ___ shoe / they’re too big/small.(2=35, 3=36, 4=37, 5=38, 6=39, 7=41, 8=42, 9=43, 10=44, 11= 45, 12 = 46)
- Clothes: I take size ___ / Can I try this on? / Where are the changing rooms? For women: 8=36, 10=38, 12=40, 14=42, 16=44For men: 36=46, 38= 48, 40 = 50, 42 = 52, 44 = 54, 46 = 56
- Your change! Your receipt!
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ASKING YOUR WAY IN THE STREET |
- Always start with: ‘Excuse me, please’
- Could you tell me the way to _____?
- How do I get to the pier / the main street / the station / the chemist’s / the post office?
- Excuse me, where is the nearest _____?
- I am lost / I am looking for___ / Can you show me on the map?
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- Keep going straight ahead / Straight on
- You have to turn round
- Turn right / turn left
- Keep going as far as ___
- Cross the street / Take the first/second on the right
- It’s after / past the traffic lights
- Go past the church.
- Follow the ___ signs / It’s opposite the ___.
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Source: www.michellehenry.fr