10 Phrases for Telling Someone to Wait : 10 phrases pour dire à quelqu'un d'attendre

5th May 2018

1. Could you give me a minute?

2. (informal) Hang on a sec / Just a sec.

3. Hold on...

4. Let me see/think....

5. I'll be right with you.

6. Bear with me.

7. That'll have to wait.

8. Be patient.

9. Not so fast!

10. Hold your horses!

Numbers 9 and 10 are used for cautioning someone to wait and not make a bad decision or take reckless action

 

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10 Phrases for Decisions

29th Mar 2018

1. I'm debating between.....(option A and option B)

2. I can't make up my mind.

3. I'm on the fence.

(I'm in the middle, I don't know what to decide)

4. I'll take that into consideration.

5. On the other hand....

6. I'm having second thoughts. 

(=I'm reconsidering my decision)

7. I changed my mind

8. He convinced/persuaded me to.....

9. Looking back. I know it was the right decision.

10. It's up to you.

(=You can decide)

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15 Phrases for being rich or poor / 15 Phrases pour être riche ou pauvre

19th Mar 2018

1. He's short on cash.

2. He's broke. 

(= he has no money)

3. His bank account is overdrawn

4. He's just scraping by.

(= he is just barely surviving on little money)

5. He makes minimum wage. 

(= he earns the minimum salary)

6. He's pinching pennies.

7. He's srimping and saving

8. She's very wealthy

9. She's quite well-off.

10. She's laoded.

11. She's filthy rich. 

12. She's inherited a fortune.

13. She's making a killing.

14. She's raking in the cash.

15. She's rolling in dough.

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10 Phrases for worries & relief / 10 Phrases for worries & relief

7th Mar 2018

1. I'm scared that....

2. I can't help thinking that....

(use this for thoughts that you try to avoid,but they keep coming into your mind)

3. It's been keeping me up at night.

(use this when you're worried about something that you can't sleep)

4. What if....?

5. Whew!

6. Thank goodness!

7. What a relief!

8. You had me worried for a moment.

9. You have no idea what a relief it is.

10. That's a huge load off my mind.

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