CONTENTS
General Expresslons
Ability
inquiring about ability
expressing ability
expressing inability
Acceptance
Advice
asking for advice
giving advice
accepting advice
Agreement
Annoyance
Apology and Response
apologizing for something
responding to apologies
Appointment
requesting an appointment
asking about when and where to meet
expressing when and where to meet
expressing you are not free
changing or cancelling an appointment
Approval
Belief
Blaming
Certainty
inquiring about certainty
expressing certainty
Communication
starting a conversation
maintaining a conversation
adjusting a conversation
closing a conversation
Comparison
Complaining
Compliment
giving compliments on appearance
giving compliments on possessions
responding to compliments
Conclusion
Congratulation
Conjecture
Contrast
Departure
Determination
Disagreement
Disapproval
Disbelief
Dislikes
Displeasure
Graritude
Greeting
Impossibility
Information
asking for information
giving information
Intention
asking about somebody's intention
stating one's intention
Introduction
Invitation
Judgement
Likes
Negation
Obligation
asking about obligation
expressing obligation
Offer
Opinion
asking for opinion
giving your opinion
Permission
asking for pennission
granting permission
refusing permission
Persuasion
trying to persuade somebody
responding to persuasion
raising objections
Pleasure
Possibility
inquiring about possibility
expressing possibility
Prediction
Preference
Prohibition
Quarrel
Reason
Refusal
Regret
Relief
Reproach
Request
Suggestion
Surprise
Sympathy
Tiredness
Uncertainty
Unwillingness
Urgs
Warning
Willingness
Wish
Worry and Fear
Situatlonal Expressions on School Campus
Accommodation
After a lecture
After class
Cafeteria or Restaurant
Clinic
Education and Schools
Entertainment
Examinations
Hobbies
Holidays
Job Hunting
Library
Parties or Gatherings
Selection of Majors
Service Center
Sports
Study
Situatlonal Expressions in Soclety
Bank
asking to deposit, draw cash or change money
telling the client about savings and money exchange
Barber's and Hairdresser's
expressing how you would like your hair cut or done
asking the client what kind ot service he or she needs
Concert, Movie and Theatre
dealing with tickets
talking about the music
talking about the concert programs
talldng about the performance at the concert
talldng about movies
talking about theatres plays and performers
Customs
helping passengers go through customs
going through customs
Dance
inviting someone to a ball
accepting or declining invitation to a ball
inviting someone to dance at a ball
accepting or declining an invitation to dance at a ball
Finding the Way
asking for directions
giving directions
Hospital
describing your symptoms to the doctor
asking the patient about his medical problems
examining
diagnosing
treating
Hotel
making a room reservation
finding out what the client wants
doing something for the client about a reseryation
asking about rents
telling the client about rents
cbecking in
checking out
asking about hotel seryices
telling the client about services
Job
tallking about jobs
bunting for jobs
having job interviews
Meeting
opemng a meetmg
presiding at a meeting
addressing oneself
closing a meeting
reporting the situation of the meeting
Photograph
talking about cameras and film
advising how to take a picture well
taking a photo
processing film
commenting on the photos taken
Post Office
asking and telling about postage
buying stamps
asking and telling about time to mail something
asking and telling abou ways to mail something
mailing something
miscellaneous
Restaurant
inviting/suggesting to a restaurant
choosing/recommending a restaurant
looking for seats in a restaurant
ordering a meal in a restaurant
talking over the meal
paying the bill
Shopping
asking the shop assistant for information advice, etc
attending the customers
Sightseeing
planning a trip
asking for infornation about sightseeing
sightseeing
talking about the trip
Smoke
offering a smoke
accepting or declining a smoke
talking about smoking
Tailor's
attending the client
asking to have clothes made
Telephone
connecting
starting a phone call
receiving a phone call
dialing the wrong number
leaving a message
calling somebody
trying to reach someone
miscellaneous
Television
watching TV programs
talking about TV set
Time and Dates
asking and telling the day or the date
asking and telling time
other expressions about time and date
Transportation
booking and buying plane tickets
serving at the airport
being on board the plane
buying train tickets
serving at the railway station
serving on the train
travelling by ship
travelling by bus
travelling by car
Weather
inquiring about the weather
talking about the weatber