Using these will gain you respect with many people, from your girlfriend to your girlfriend’s parents. Watch Murat Boz using polite English on Megan Fox:
She wasn’t unimpressed my friend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=093od3LP0TQ
These words and sentences below share the same meaning, however there is a polite way to say them and a common informal way to say them. For example revealing truth and juicy tidbit mean share the same meaning,
however revealing truth is the polite way to say it. Ask me here if you need an example sentence!
*Polite English –vs—Common/Informal English
*By all accounts = Furthermore/Still
* I haven’t the faintest idea. = I don’t know. (Note: However you can’t say ‘I have the faintest idea’ for ‘I know’. That’s incorrect English. )
*To be devoted heart and soul to = To be greatly devoted
*Speculation ran rife for two entire hours. =The celebration went on for two
whole hours.
*It’s assumed/It seemed/It’s supposed = Assumingly, seemingly, supposedly
*to be thrown into proper rapture with/at = to be made comfortable with/at
*to be subjecting to one’s delight = to serve one’s pleasure
*to bid someone a welcome = to greet someone/to be pleased to see someone (Example: “We bid you welcome, Sir”. = We’re pleased to see you, Sir”. )
*How do you do?/ How are you fairing? = How are you? /How are you coming along? *much to my surprise = surprisingly to me
*My dearest apologies. = I’m sorry.
*This will do. = This is fine/ok/good.
*I should like to introduce …. (my spouse)= Let me introduce ….(my wife)
*My dearest = My Darling/Beloved/Dearie
*She is a radiant beauty=She is a beautiful woman.
*She is a sweet-faced chestnut to moon over. = She is a pretty woman to
admire. *I will oblige (=assist) your desire=As you wish(please)
*If you feel (or deem) it necessary = As you wish
*Thank you ever so much =Thank you (Note: Even though ‘ever’, ‘so’ and ‘much’
in the same sentence may seem unnecessarily redundant and possible uneducated, it’s quite the opposite! This sounds polite to English speakers.
When we use sentences with redundant words, it’s our attempt of being polite.) (Note: This has a connotation of reluctance. For example, someone saying
they’re going to do something that displeases you. Example: “I’m going to skip school/ I want to smoke/Let’s go shopping.” Response “If you feel/deem in necessary.” ) *it’s quite the bother/nuisance. = It’s the damnedest thing.
*to know full well that = to know *to have on good authority that…
= to happen to know (to know) (Note: This is usually used when conveying important information. For example: I have it on good authority that your house has been evicted. = I happen to know(I know) that your house was evicted. ) *Whatever are you doing? = What you are doing?
*to one’s heart’s content =as much as one likes(wants to)
*to be quite becoming on someone =to suit one well (Example: It’s (a characteristic, outfit, falan&hellip quite becoming on you. =It suits you well.)
*an avalanche of = a lot of *Never you worry = Don’t worry/Not to worry
*Shall we be off then? = Let’s go! *to lie down for a spell = to take a nap
*It was highly …-ing. =It was really…-ing. (Example: It was highly amusing.
=It was really cool.) *all the more ….–ly. = …-ly.
(Example: All the more precise. =Precisely./That’s right. )
*at a moment’s notice = right then
*positively giddy = happy
* with …about = with ….everywhere
(Example: With people about.=With people everywhere.)
*Are you serious just now! (?) = Really!/Well, really! (?)
*to possess one to… = to make one …
*Your remembrance wears on my heart. =I will never forget you.
*For dear life! /I say! = My goodness!/ Oh my God!
*I can say, it’s been a pleasure. = Thank you for inviting me.
*to channel something = to replace something *painting oneself as = building (=having) a reputation of *bordering on …-ness/-ity = about to go (=be) (Example: She is bordering on insaneness/insanity. = She is about to go crazy.)
*to issue an ultimatum = to have a requirement (Example: She issued me an ultimatum that must be met by the end of this week. =She gave me a (or this) requirement that needs completed by the end of this week. )
*What a ….it is/was = It’s a (good/bad) ….. (Good/Bad can be determined by
the context clues) (Example: And what an ultimatum it was! = It’s a (good/bad) requirement . )
*to pay / to pay a compliment = to give/to give a compliment (Example: He paid me a visit.= He gave me a visit/He visited me. )
*Where has (he/she/it/) gotten off to? = Where is he/she/it?
*What are we to do? = What are we going to do? (Note: Implying that a bad occurrence happened)
*Given one’s…. = Consindering one’s (Example: Given our previous encounters, we started to spend time together more often. = Considering our previous encounters, we started to date/go out. ) (Another example: Given my current situation, I have to stay home. =
Considering my current situation, I have to stay home.
*How is it that….? =How
(Example: How is it that you came to become so lovely and intelligent? =How did you get so pretty and smart? )
*Have you ever engaged in the act(s) of ….-ing? = Have you ever –ed?
(Have you ever engaged in the act of fishing? =Have you ever fished? )
* To have one’s presence = to see (talk to) one
(May I have your presence in the kitchen? = May I see you (talk to you) in the kitchen? )
Additional Rules concerning Polite English/
The do’s and don’ts for Polite English.
*Use This –vs-- This
*Anyone/Everyone = Anybody/Everybody
*However = But
*inconvenient = bad
(Example: This week has been inconvenient thus far. = I’m having a really bad week. )
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