 REQUEST ATTENTION

1 Pay attention, please!

2 Look at me, please!
3 Please listen to me!
4 Listening to my talk, please!
5 Lend me your eyes, please!
6 May I have your attention, please!
7 Can I take your time?
8 Can I have your time?
9 Could I have your time?
10 Can I have your attention?
11 Please give me your attention!
12 Your attention, please!
13 Please give me five minutes of your time!
14 Call attention to you!
15 I have an announcement to make!
16 I’d like to make an announcement…
17 I’d like to announce that…
18 Here’s an announcement from me…
19 Shut your mouth
20 Announcement!
21 Focus in this, please!
22 Let’s have attention in this
23 Give me attention, please!
24 Listen to announcement, please!

 AGREEING
1 Yes, that’s all right
2 I think I agree with you
3 Exactly
4 Good/excellent idea
5 I agree
6 I know what you mean
7 I think so, too
8 That’s for sure
9 Right on

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10 Certainty
11 Ok, with me
12 Fine with me
13 I agree to do so
14 I’ll go along with that
15 It’s a deal
16 I’m with you
17 That’s true
18 You’re right
19 You have a point, I feel the same way
20 I see your point
21 I’m at the same opinion with you
22 That’s what I think too
23 Exactly right
24 I quite agree

 DISAGREEING
1 I’m not sure I’m agree
2 I really don’t agree
3 I disagree/I strongly disagree
4 I don’t think so
5 I’m not so sure
6 I find I can agree with you
7 I can’t agree to that
8 I can’t go along with you on that
9 I refuse
10 No way
11 No deal
12 You are wrong
13 That doesn’t make any sense
14 No, definitely not

 ASKING ABOUT FEELING

 Formal
1. How do you do?
2. How are you?

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 Informal
1. What’s life?
2. How’s everything?
3. How are you doing?
4. How are you getting on?
5. How’s going?
6. How are you keeping?
7. What’s up?
8. Is anything wrong?
9. What’s the matter?
10. How have you been?
11. Is anything the matter?
12. Are you doing ok?
13. What’s cooking?
14. Are you feeling ok?
15. How’s life?
16. Do you feel alright?
17. How’s life going?
18. You don’t look so good
19. You look so pale
20.Is there anything wrong?

 THANKING
1. Thank you
2. Thanks
3. Thank you so much
4. Many thanks
5. Thanks a lot
6. I’m grateful to you
7. Very nice to you
8. Thank you in advance
9. Thanks for your help
10. So kind of you/it’s very kind of you
11. I awe you( berhutang budi )
12. How can I ever thank you?
13. I really appreciate what you’ve done for…

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 RESPONDS TO THANKING
1. You’re welcome
2. Don’t mention it
3. It’s nothing
4. No problem
5. Never mind
6. It’s ok
7. You’re most welcome
8. Anytime
9. Take it easy
10. That’s quite alright
11. No need to thank me
12. It was my pleasure

 TELLING TO REPEAT
 Formal
1. Could you repeat once more?
2. Could you be clearer?
3. Could you please repeat?
4. Could you make it clear?
5. Could you repeat that, please?

 Informal
1. Pardon me!
2. Excuse me!
3. Once more please!
4. Sorry
5. Once again, please!
6. I beg your pardon
7. Repeat after MC
8. Come again!
9. May I hear it again?
10. Can you say it again?
11. Would you mind to say it again?

 ASKING TO BE QUIET
1. Shhhhhhh!
2. Please be quiet!
3. Please stop talking!

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 4. Would you please not talk?
5. Could you please hold the noise down?
6. Shut up!
7. Hold your tongue!
8. Shush!
9. Zip your mouth!
10. Don’t make a noise, please!
11. Keep silent, please!
12. Keep cool!
13. Bite your tongue!
14. Calm down, please!
15. Don’t be noise!
16. Keep silent!

 TELLING TO HURRY
1. Hurry! Hurry up!
2. Quickly!
3. Can you please rush this?
4. Would you mind working a little faster?
5. Move it!
6. Be quick about it!
7. Let’s get moving!
8. Get a move on it!
9. What are you waiting for?
10. What’s keeping on you?
11. Speedy up!
12. Will you hurry up?
13. Come quick!
14. In a hurry, please!
15. Don’t be too long!
16. Be quick!
17. Faster, will you?
18. Go ahead!
19. Make a quick!
20.Get faster!
21. Get a rush!
22.Get a little bit faster!

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 TELLING NOT TO FASTER
1. Slow down!
2. Don’t hurry!
3. Don’t get hurry!
4. Don’t rush!
5. Take your time!
6. Take it easy!
7. Do it slowly and carefully!
8. Let’s not rush thing!
9. Don’t be in such a hurry!
10. No need to hurry
11. Slowly!
12. Be slowly!
13. Don’t get a rush!
14. You don’t need to be hurry
15. Could you speak slowly?

 ENCOURAGEMENT
1. C’mon!
2. Go on!
3. Hang in there!
4. Go man, go!
5. Keep it up!
6. Don’t be give up!
7. Keep your chin up!
8. Don’t get discouraged!
9. Keep up the good work!
10. Keep on pushing!
11. You’re doing great
12. Keep the faith!
13. I want to encourage you to try out for the team
14. Keep your spirit!
15. Never say give up!
16. Keep your effort!
17. Try again!
18. C’mon, don’t give up!
19. Wake up man!
20.Hang on this!

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 21. Keep trying!
22.Keep your chip up!

 GIVING PERMISSION
1. You have my permission
2. By my guest
3. That’s ok, I guess
4. I don’t think I’ll need it for anything
5. Yeah, I guess so sure that’s fine
6. By all means
7. I’ll be glad to do
8. Of course, you may
9. Yes, with pleasure
10. Yes, I love to do
11. I rather like to do
12. Certainly
13. Yes, it’s ok but please take of good care of it
14. Yes, I can
15. All right
16. I will not stop you
17. So, go ahead

 GREETINGS
1. Hi
2. Hello
3. Good morning
4. Good afternoon
5. Good noon
6. Good night
7. How are things?
8. How do you do?
9. How are you?
10. How’s it going?
11. How are things with you?
12. Long time no see
13. How are you doing?

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 ASK FOR PERMISSION
1. Do you mind if…?
2. I really wish you to
3. May I?
4. Wouldn’t…
5. Would it be a problem if I would prefer if you didn’t
6. Is it fine if?

 Possible responses:
1. Never mind
2. Sure, no problem
3. No problem at all
4. No please, don’t

 Refusing responses;
1. Well, I’m not sure. I’ll have to think it over
2. I’ll have to think about it
3. I’m sorry I can’t, I’m busy
4. I Wish I could but I’m afraid I can’t
5. I’m so sorry I’ll have to think it more
6. I am sorry I can’t maybe some other time
7. Yes, I mean no
8. I can’t do it on

 MAKING A PROMISE
1. I’ll see you
2. I’m seeing you tonight
3. I will keep my word
4. I will not break my promise
5. I will keep my promise
6. I will invite you
7. I will help you
8. I will ask you
9. See you
10. I promise I will….
11. I keep my promise on you
12. You can keep my words
13. I give you my words

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 PROMISES
 Asking for promises
1. Do you swear that you never change
2. I want you to love me forever
3. Promise me that you’ll go have once a week
4. Is that a promise?
5. Do you promise to take care of house?
6. Trust me
7. Do you give me your word on that?

 Offering a promise
1. It’s a promise
2. You have my word on it
3. I swear that I will pick you
4. I promise I will give you one
5. I’ll make you a promise I’ll never meet her again
6. I give you my word on that

 Response for promise

1. Thank you/thank you anyway
2. It’s very kind of you
3. You’d better keep your promise

 ASKING ABOUT REGRET

1. I’m sorry
2. I feel sorry for you
3. I’m sorry that you couldn’t get into the school you wanted to
4. Let me say how sorry I’m to hear that the operation failed
5. I want express my sorry at failing you on this test

 EXPRESSION OF WARNING
1. Watch out!
2. Look out!
3. Heads up!

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 4. Be careful!
5. Don’t move!
6. Don’t walk here!
7. Do not cross!
8. Don’t make a noise!
9. Don’t parking on this area!
10. No smoking!
11. Don’t forget to arrange!
12. Say no to…
Ex: Be careful with that gun!
Don’t come any closer!
Stop that, or else I’ll call the police
I’m warning you, if you don’t leave me alone I’ll scream
This is my last warning. Stop seeing my….

 REFUSING PERMISSION
 Polite
1. I’m sorry you can’t
2. I was wondering if I could not lend…for you
3. I’m afraid not
4. Sorry

 Impolite
1. No, you may not
2. You can’t do this
3. I don’t think so
4. I will not permit you
5. I forbid you to do that
6. You don’t have my permission
7. I absolutely forbid you
8. No, you’re not allowed to do that
9. You cannot
10. Oh no! you mustn’t do that

 CERTAINLY EXPRESSION
1. Believe me
2. Believe me when I tell you I’ll never leave you alone
3. I swear to you that I’ll love you to the end of the world
4. You have my word on that ( kamu bisa pegang kata-kataku)
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 5. Have faith in me
6. You’d better believe that he’d take advantage of you

 REQUEST AND OFFER

 Request
1. Would you like to help me?
2. Would you mind to do me something?
3. Could you please to do me something?
4. Could you please do me a favor?
5. Give me a hand!
6. Give me a hand, will you?
7. Would you mind to give a favor?
8. Can we have the program changed?

 Offers
1. What can I do for you?
2. Can I help you?
3. Would you to be helped?
4. May I help you?
5. Do you mind if I help you?

 Refuse the request

1. No, I’m cool
2. No, I’m fine
3. No, thanks

 EXCUSES/APOLOGIZING
1. Sorry to have bothered you
2. Sorry for the mistaken ( past )
3. Pardon me
4. I beg your pardon
5. May I be excused?
6. Sorry/so sorry
7. Would you excuse me?
8. I’m sorry for my disturbing
9. Sorry to have disturbed
10. Sorry to have taken
11. Please accept my apologize

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 12. Forgive me, please!
13. Forgive me, will you?
14. I really want to express my apologize

 Accepting apologize
1. I do apologize you
2. I would like to apologize you
3. It’s ok/it’s fine
4. It’s no big deal/no big deal
5. Forget it
6. Don’t worry
7. Don’t let it happen again
8. Don’t let it be a next time
9. Only this time
 Refuse apologize
1. I won’t forgive you
2. You really say for sorry
3. What’s that
4. You don’t really sorry
5. Get last/who cares

 TALKING ABOUT PROBLEM

1. What’s your problem?
2. Tell me your problem
3. What’s the matter with you?
4. What’s happening with you?
5. What’s up?
6. What’s wrong?
7. What’s going on?

 ASKING ABOUT THOUGHT

1. What’s on your mind?
2. What are you thinking about?
3. Penny for your thought!
4. How are you feeling?

 ASKING TO THINK ABOUT/DECIDE

1. Have you made up your mind?

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 2. Make your mind!
3. Sleep on it! ( we are given a chance to consider)
4. Think it about!
5. Think it over ( think it many times )
6. What about
7. Have you made up your mind, yet?
 DECIDE
1. What’s your decision?
2. Which is it to be?( use to offer something)
3. Give your consideration!
4. Let me know your decision!
5. Do you want to think it about?
6. Are you sure of?

 INTERRUPTING
1. Sorry for interrupting
2. Can I interrupt?
3. Interruption!
4. What about…?
5. I want to interrupt
6. Just a minute/moment

 NOT INTERRUPTING
1. Next time
2. Later, ok!
3. Don’t interrupt!
4. Not now
5. Wait up!
6. Wait!

 AFTER INTERRUPTION
1. Sorry to have taken
2. I’ll get you back to your…
3. Sorry to have bothered you

 RESPONDING TO INTERRUPTION
1. You may, please!

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 Expressing disbelief
1. I don’t believe that
2. It’s unbelievable
3. No way! I don’t believe that
4. I just can’t believe
5. You can’t be serious
6. It is something that I can’t believe
7. I must be dreaming
8. I just can’t imagine
Response: that’s true; but, that really happen

 Satisfaction/dissatisfaction
1. I’m satisfied with
2. It’s satisfying that
3. I’m happy with
4. Your job is satisfactory
5. I like….very much
6. I’m dissatisfied
7. I’m disappointed
8. You haven’t done well enough
9. I’m not happy about it

 Asking and giving opinion

 Asking
1. What do you think about….?
2. What’s your comment on….?
3. What’s your opinion of…?
4. What can you say about…?
5. How do you feel about….?
6. In my opinion…..
 giving opinion
1. In my opinion…..
2. I think….
3. To my mind….
4. I guess…
5. What I have in my mind is….
6. As far as I concern…
7. In my view….

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 Expressing hope
1. I hope
2. I’m hoping for
3. I expect that
4. I hope so

 ADDITION WORDS
1. First
2. First of all
3. One
4. Second
5. Third
6. Also
7. Finally
8. Last of all
9. Another
10. Moreover
11. Next
12. In addition
13. Additionally
14. Furthermore
15. Last too

 TIME WORDS
1. First
2. Second
3. After
4. Next
5. During
6. In the past
7. Before
8. Earlier
9. Often
10. Following

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 11. Later
12. Afterward
13. Then
14. Since
15. While
16. As

 CONTRAST WORDS
1. In contrast
2. Differ
3. Even though
4. On the other hand
5. However
6. Although
7. Despite
8. Nevertheless
9. Yet
10. Instead
11. Unlike
12. But
13. In the contrary

 COMPARISON WORDS
1. Like
2. Similarly
3. Just as
4. Equal
5. Equally
6. Alike
7. Comparable
8. A lot in common
9. Identical
10. Likewise
11. In the same way
12. Similar ( to )
13. The same as

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 ILLUSTRATION WORDS
1. For example
2. For instance
3. To illustrate
4. Such as
5. Once
6. Including
 CAUSE AND EFFECT WORDS
1. Because
2. Cause
3. Lead to
4. As a result
5. Effect
6. So
7. Reason
8. Since
9. Therefore
10. Thus
11. On account of
12. Consequently

 FOR EMPHASIS
1. Especially
2. The most important
3. In fact
4. Above all

 FOR REASON
1. Because ( of )
2. Due to
3. For
4. Owing to
5. Since
6. As

 FOR CONCLUSION

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 1. In conclusion
2. In summary
3. To conclude
4. In short
5. In other words

 FOR SPACE
1. Behind
2. Beside
3. In front of
4. Next to
5. Within
6. Close by
7. Nearby

 FOR COUNTING
1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Next
5. Then
6. After that
7. Finally

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