10 formal words to start you own list.
Mail Mastery. Getting your mails/English to the next level is a big ask, takes time and effort. Non-natives write very good mails, but understandably often struggle when it comes to writing in a more formal…
Author: Dave Preston
Ever – Signal word no. 4 for Present Perfect
What’s the best present you’ve ever received? On 20 Sept. 2011 my son Matthew was born …. on my birthday!!!! That’s the best present (by a million miles) I have ever had. And you? Notice…
10 phrases to speak like a native on the phone.
Here are some phrases YOU may want use when you are telephoning. “I’ll pop you through to Mike, then.” “Can I just run the account no. by you again?” “You don’t happen to have his…
11 promises you make to clients.
At the end of a telephone call you often make some kind of promise to the other and German speakers often say something like: “I call you back first thing tomorrow”. We actually use the…
What’s gonna happen next?
On the British BBC TV sports quiz ‘A Question of Sport’, one quiz was called ‘What happened next’. The contestants are shown sporting footage, which is paused and they are asked to guess what happened…