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How to END a Conversation in English! – With Carina Fragozo and Aly


they were twins oh my god how can I get
out of this conversation oh my god you
should have seen it so this is this one
so barring the same facial features and
they both have ducks for pets of course
remember I told you about the Ducks
before Dax is this usually talking about
ducks I have to find a way to leave this
boring conversation I mean they want a
border collie in husky but you can’t put
a border collie and a husky together oh
my god
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how do you end a conversation by saying
goodbye yeah end of lesson why no of
course there must be other ways to end a
conversation in a polite way
right welcome back I’m joined again by
the amazing Karina from English in
Brazil if you’re Brazilian or speak
Portuguese definitely check out her
channel because she’s pretty much the
queen of oh my god English in Brazil
really I’m Elizabeth strand actually so
because we’re both Queen’s you no
kidding thank you very much for having
me here again and today we’re gonna talk
about ending your conversation right yes
how do you just finish a conversation
how do you let someone know alright no
more I’m done you’re really boring well
in Portuguese we have a very nice
expression which is in Santa in some
type that means okay that’s okay that’s
okay
I want to let you oh okay so we kind of
do a similar thing so right when my mum
is on the phone I always hear when she
wants to in the conversation with
alright then exactly
it’s or I’ll write them in tanta alright
then alright then okay then okay then
it’s always that those words with that
intonation that’s how my mum will end a
conversation with and it means I want to
leave yes so there could be a number of
reasons why you want to end the
conversation
for example maybe you’re just very bored
of the person you just want to finish
the conversation or it could be that you
have another thing that you need to do
some work meet someone else it could be
a number of reasons
so of course you don’t want to leave the
person feeling like they’re actually
boring or they’re bad a conversation
even with a compliment yeah for example
it’s been really nice talking to you
I feel good that’s a good time to end a
conversation and I’m still saying well I
have to go yeah yeah so another way you
could say that is Oh it’s been really
good catching up let’s do it again soon
no to catch up it’s a very nice phrase
over yeah catching it yeah I like this
one and it means I want to hear about
your new
right yeah your latest news what have
you been doing lately that kind of thing
that’s a good phrasal verb how else
could I end a conversation it was good
seeing you anyway so this way you’re
putting it in past tense this
conversation is over but again I mean
it’s not impolite that’s right yes also
you could refer back to why you began
the conversation in the first place for
example if I asked you for advice
I might conclude our conversation by
saying oh well anyway thanks for that
advice thanks for that chat or thanks
for your time yeah and what if you
started the conversation what could you
say to end this conversation so if I
came over to you and I’m asking oh how
are you how is everything you’re
catching up you could end it really
nicely by saying oh well I’m glad that
you’re doing well I’m glad that you’re
okay super polite yeah yeah nice all
right so again you’re referring back to
why you began the conversation you asked
a question you talked about it it’s
okay and what if you work in the service
industry if you’re I don’t know what
secretary or reception is how could you
I don’t know what could you say when you
talk on the phone to someone
representing a company what are you
usually here I don’t know is there
anything else I can do for you exactly
exactly that’s how every person who
works for a company talks to a client or
a customer is there anything else I can
help you with Zack that too exactly yeah
and what could you say to your friends
like very informal expressions you speak
to your friend every day so they don’t
really care if you’re ending in
conversation you don’t need to be that
formal that polite these are some really
common expressions that you can use with
your friend I’d better be off that’s how
an American would pronounce it British
people would pronounce the T differently
I’d better be off
oh sorry I’d better be off I’ve got cats
to feed oh my god that’s a terrible
excuse
so you could say I’d better be off or
shorter version I best be off yeah so I
better be off because you know I have
diarrhea yeah I can smell it I’m joking
you smell lovely oh thank you it’s good
that you tell them and what would you
say to someone meaning that you have
work to do or something to do something
else to do Yeah right right so maybe
you’re in the middle of work or you have
a project to finish so you could say all
right I better crack on crack on crack
on okay which means American English
doesn’t use this British English very
common crack on it just means to focus
on your work I have to crack on yeah I’m
sorry I can talk I’ve really got crack
on because you have a project to do or
something like that yeah I could also
say ah all right then I won’t keep you
right yes so you’re putting it on the
other person like I am imposing on your
time sorry for talking to you so I won’t
keep you I don’t want to take your time
too much of your time or I’ll let you
carry on you were working I interrupted
you yeah I don’t want to bother you
anymore so I’ll let you carry on yeah
I’ll let you carry on
I’ll let you get on or the one we did
before maybe you’re doing some work I’ll
let you crack on maybe they’re not doing
any work but it’s a good thing to say to
someone so sorry I won’t take more of
your time all right I better let you go
that’s also really common which has
basically the same meaning rate or I
better head off yeah I love this phrasal
verb what is to head off me it means to
leave right do you actually make this
gesture no right this is so Brazil as I
have to leave
if you rotate it it’s like I slipped on
a banana
oh no yeah but no we don’t use this a
lot I better leave bail no that’s a bad
gesture shipment shouldn’t be doing it
here do you use bail bail for America it
was originally American but now we also
use that yeah but this is very informal
right it
slang yeah so you’re with your friends
what in a bar and you want to set up
let’s let’s leave let’s bail bail buzzer
in Portuguese is that what it is razza
learning everyday yeah and finally
something I’m known to do among my
friends is called an Irish goodbye or a
French exit this means when you’re out
with friends and you realize it’s
already 10:30 you should be home in bed
then and you’ve just you’ve had enough
of the day you don’t want any more
partying no more drinks no more nothing
but if you go to your friends and say oh
I’m going home now they’re gonna
persuade you to stay right where did
this is a French exit when you don’t say
anything to your friends you just leave
without saying anything it’s so rude you
came back yeah I did because you said it
was so rude so I said oh my god I should
be nicer to you it’s okay Brazilians so
thanks again so much for watching
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