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    Perfect Phrases for ESL Everyday Situations: With 1,000 Phrases
    Perfect Phrases for ESL Everyday Situations: With 1,000 Phrases
    Perfect Phrases for ESL Everyday Situations: With 1,000 Phrases
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    Perfect Phrases for ESL Everyday Situations: With 1,000 Phrases

    By Natalie Gast

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    USE JUST THE RIGHT PHRASES AND NAVIGATE DAILY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES LIKE A NATIVE SPEAKER OF ENGLISH

    How do you ask for directions? What questions should you ask a potential babysitter? How do you explain your allergies to a healthcare professional? This handy reference is your guide to surviving and thriving in the United States, whether as a visitor or as a long-term resident. Hundreds of ready-to-use English phrases will help you converse with people you meet, speak with business owners and their employees, and become engaged in U.S. society. Inside find examples of Perfect Phrases for . . .

    . . . the doctor: Are there any side effects with this medication?
    . . . the library: Do you have audiobooks?
    . . . the service station: My insurance company wants the estimate in writing.
    . . . the bank: I'd like to talk to someone about a home equity loan.
    . . . the dentist: This is where it hurts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMcGraw-Hill Education
    Release dateDec 7, 2012
    ISBN9780071773058
    Perfect Phrases for ESL Everyday Situations: With 1,000 Phrases

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      Perfect Phrases for ESL Everyday Situations - Natalie Gast

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      PART 1

      Educational Situations in the United States

      Active Learning Advice:

      Don’t Wait to Use Your English!

      Don’t wait for that special future time when you expect to be able to communicate in English error free. Unless you practice, that moment will never come. Take your English language skills, though limited, and use them. Begin every encounter with Hello, Hi, Nice to meet you, or Glad to see you again. At each parting say, Good-bye, So long, Hope to see you again, or I’m sure we’ll talk again soon.

      Speak English to people in stores, in offices, and in

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