Travelling
Useful phrases that can help you make yourself understood in English while travelling. Do you know how an English native speaker would ask for taking a photo of themselves or how to answer a shop assistent if you are just looking? Discover phrases from real situtations such as: “Can I help you? Thanks, just browsing.”, ”Would you mind taking my picture?” or “Excuse me, are you from round here?”
Directions
Real and natural phrases for giving and asking for directions. Don’t be like a human statue if someone stops you on the street and, without stuttering, confidently help English speaking tourists. No textbook junk required.
Online chat language
Simplified English used in online discussions and chats. The grammar? Don't sweat it!
- Love this tool - it's potentially going to save me a massive headache!
- The best sharing buttons i've ever witnessed. The sheer simplicity is mind blowing.
- Hey buddy, stop marketing your Giphy clone everywhere. It's kinda annoying
- These days Telegram has taken over instead
- Google chat time has been dwindling and it took a nosedive when third-party support was crippled
Social networks language
Short phrases / expressions used on social media.
- I can't get enough of people getting mad online because ...
- that’s some damn quality sarcasm right there!
- Love this tool - it's potentially going to save me a massive headache!
- The best sharing buttons i've ever witnessed. The sheer simplicity is mind blowing.
- Hey buddy, stop marketing your Giphy clone everywhere. It's kinda annoying
Demonstration and explanation
Useful collocations while trying to describe or highlight issues or problems, explaining app functionality, giving tutorials etc. For example: "Common sense will tell you what...", "This one should be pretty self explanatory" or "Nice idea, if only there was..."
- Common sense will tell you what this word is
- This one should be pretty self explanatory
- For example, when sharing a link to a Buzzfeed recipe with a friend
- So, I'm going to show you a demo of a virtual reality film: a full-screen version of all the information that we capture when we shoot virtual reality
- And that’s about it — it’s basically a
- It´s normal to get cold feet before your wedding day
- Don’t pour cold water on the idea if you can’t cook because you can find recipes and TV shows anywhere for ideas
- Blanket of snow
- The only thing I want to do in the dead of winter is stay indoors and drink some tea.
- The problems that you see here now are just the tip of the iceberg. There are numerous disasters waiting to happen.
- There's no need to tell me who you are; you're already showing me
- In order for you to insult me I would first have to value your opinion
- You should try eating some makeup so you can be pretty on the inside
- I hope the rest of your day is as pleasant as you are
- You look like I need a drink
- Utility companies in New Jersey are reporting that roughly 6,500 customers are still without electricity
- When I first started doing these fashion things a couple of years ago, I didn’t feel like a lot of my friends and family were around. Now, everyone kind of is.
- I wanted it to be sort of tropical-esque
Website copywriting
Useful texts and ideas for websites in English