Quite a few English words or expressions, which British people use most frequently¹ in their daily life, can never ever be learnt or known² exactly from our textbooks. Not until one day we are in Britain. Here are some best ones:

　　Are you all right?-------你好吗？

　　This is the most commonly used greeting when people meet each other rather than how are you? from our textbook.

　　eg. ------Are you all right, David?

　　------Fine, thank you.

　　Cheers³!------谢谢, 再见！

　　While they get off the bus or buy things from shops etc, very often we can hear them saying Cheers! to the drivers or sellers⁴ instead of Thank You or Goodbye.

　　eg. ---------Five pounds fifty, please. Cheers!

　　---------Cheers!

　　Give me a minute!------请稍等一会！

　　eg. Give me a minute, David! I will find the map for you.

　　Does it make sense?-----你明白我的意思吗？

　　eg. If you buy a day ticket, you will save more. Does it make sense?

　　I don’t follow you.-------我不明白你说什麽

　　eg. Sorry, I don’t follow, you. Could you say it again?

　　Are you kidding(joking)？-----你在开玩笑吧？

　　eg. ------Are you kidding,David?

　　-------I am not going to kid you, I am being serious!

　　I am behind you. ---------我支持你

　　eg Whatever decision you are going to make, I am behind you.

　　Do you really mean it?----------此话当真？

　　eg. ------- I can give what you want.

　　-------Do you really mean it?

　　-------Yes, I mean it!

　　That depends.--------那得看情况而定

　　eg. ---------Will you come here on that day?

　　----------That depends.

　　Feel free to do it-------请随意……

　　eg. If you have any problem, please feel free to ask me.

 

　　What’s going on?--------怎麽了？

　　eg. -------What’s going on here?

　　-------He got his watch broken, I am helping⁵ fix it.

 

　　get on with it!--------快点！

　　eg. Get on with it, we have no time left!

　　Get a move on!---------赶快行动吧!

　　eg. Get a move on and help yourself to some food!

　　Believe it or not!-------信不信由你！

　　eg. Believe it or not, I don’t know how to cook!

　　Come to think of it.---------说到这……

　　eg. Come to think of it, let me tell you what the school is like first.

　　That’s a deal!--------成交, 一言为定！

　　eg. Ok, that’s a deal! Be there or be square!

　　my fingers crossed--------祝君好运！

　　eg. I hope you can pass the exam: my fingers crossed!

　　I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you.

　　Wish you a prosperous⁶ new year!-------恭喜发财！

　　eg. I wish you a prosperous new year and all the best for your future!

　　Are you struggling to do it?-------有困难吗？

　　eg. Are you struggling to live in Britain?

　　You are dead meat!---------你死定了！

　　eg. Help me out, otherwise I am dead meat!

　　You scared me!----------你吓着我了！

　　eg. ---------Did I scare⁷ you?

　　----------Yes, you did!

　　Don’t get me wrong!--------别误会我！

　　eg. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t mean that.

　　Don’t let me down!----------别让我失望！

　　eg. Don’t let me down, I am sure you can make it!

　　You make me sick!----------你让我恶心！

　　eg. Get out of here, you make me sick!

　　We are even!------------------我们扯平了！

 

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