What are the commonly used spoken English expressions?

1. For here or to go? Eat here or take out?

When you go to a fast food restaurant, the first thing the clerk asks you is usually this sentence, don’t rush to order. , answer this sentence first before ordering.

2. Does it go with drinks? Are there any complimentary drinks?

P.S: Some packages come with drinks. If you are not sure, you can ask If not, you can order it on the spot.

3. Is that all? Is that all?

Sometimes they will use anything else? In short, these two sentences are the same , if so, answer That's it!

4. Here you go! Your meal is here!

This sentence is quite commonly used in the United States, what are you getting? To give someone else, you can say this sentence. Another sentence that is very similar to this sentence is There you go! It is usually used at the end of a conversation to express that I agree with you. It is different from Here you go!

The word "Fix" is really common in the South of the United States. I remember the first time I heard an old American say this to me, I The intuitive reaction is that he is fixing something, but in fact the use of Fix here means that he is getting ready to go out, which is equivalent to I am about to leave.

6. I'll fix the plate for you. I'll help you prepare food later.

The first time I heard my roommate say I can fix the plate for you, my immediate reaction was, Is there any plate broken? In fact, that's not the case. Fix the plate refers to preparing food. For example, before cooking, we may wash all the vegetables, divide them, and prepare them on the plate. This is called Fix the plate. So if you listen to it next time When an old American says I'll fix the plate, don't think he broke the plate!

7. He is a redneck.

The so-called redneck, They are some rough people who farm, (especially in the south) because of their special living habits and hobbies, they usually make a lot of jokes and speak with a strong southern accent. I think they are called rednecks because they often Working in the fields, my neck is red from the sun. There is also a word hick, which also means redneck. What kind of person is a typical redneck? They like to wear camouflage uniforms and have several front teeth missing. They drive a crappy pickup truck, and they will always have a gun in the car so that they can hunt at any time. The yard where they live is usually filled with all kinds of debris, so that it looks like a garbage dump. < /p>

8. He has a bad accent.

In different areas of the United States, there are different accents, especially in the south, they are called southern drwal, the reason They usually like to lengthen the ending sound, so it’s called southern drawl. Among the entire South, I think the accents of Kentucky and Tennessee are the strongest. If you can even understand the accents of these two places, then your accent There is probably no problem with English.

9. Heidi, Hire Yew? Hi, how are you?

This sentence is also a very typical southern greeting. I think this is Howdy, How are you? But they will pronounce it as Heidi, Hire Yew. I think although the southern accent is generally considered not that good, there are

If you deliberately imitate a sentence or two, it will have a hilarious effect, just like we also like to say "pin" is cute. Isn't it also Taiwanese Mandarin but it sounds particularly friendly?

10 . Oh hell no.

Of course not.

This is also an idiom in the South, especially black people like to say it. Oh hell no is actually equivalent to Of course not. That Oh hell is used to strengthen the tone. For example, if you ask me, Are you married? I can answer. Oh hell no. I am still single.

Maybe the south of the United States is not as progressive as the north, but here The people in the country are more simple, so you might as well come to the south to see it when you have time!

11. I went to Europe last month because my friends live over there. I went to Europe last month, because My friend lives there.

I think everyone will be curious, what about the east? What about the west? Usually they don't distinguish between east and west, and always use over there or out there. For example, you are in the United States and your friends live in Europe. There is no obvious distinction between the United States and Europe. Then you can say live out there or live over there.

12. I drove all the way up to Boston.

All the way means "all the way to the end" in Chinese. This phrase is often used with up or down. For example, if you say I drove all the way up there. Or, for example, when going down a slide, you can say You can slide all the way down to the the bottom.

13. Never look down on people less superior than you. Look down on someone who is inferior to you.

Look down on someone means that you look down on someone, which is a bit like the Chinese meaning of looking down on someone. That’s why we say Look down. If you think highly of someone, then Say Look up on someone.

14. Can you keep it down? Can you keep quiet.

Up and Down are also often used to express the volume of sound. Keep it down Just keep the volume not too loud. For example, one time we were taking an exam, and there were still some people making noises in the corridor. I wanted to ask them to keep their voices down, but I didn't know how to speak. Fortunately, my friend stepped forward at this time, Go and tell them Can you keep it down?

15. Do you take money? Do you want to charge money?

You really need to ask clearly about many things first. There is really no such thing as a free lunch. Especially in some big cities in the United States, there are many street performers on the road, wearing strange clothes. Some tourists are curious and click with their cameras, and they will come over to you and ask for money. Yes. It was even more ridiculous once. My classmate said that we all took a photo with him, but he charged us one dollar each. How could it be so profitable? But we took all the photos and we couldn't say not to give them. So when we travel abroad, this kind of thing Simple sentences must be memorized. Do you take money? If he says Yes, ask him How much? This way you will not suffer a loss.

You can also simply ask this sentence, Is it free ? But remember, There's no such thing as a free lunch.

When you see someone standing there, you should know something.

16. Have you heard of Buffalo, New York? My parents live up there. Do you know Buffalo, New York? My parents live up there. .

For places in the south, down is usually added, and for places in the north, up is added. When you say live up there, it must mean in the north. For example, the geography of Buffalo is in the north of the United States, and I can follow it in Atlanta. Others say My parents live up there. But if you are in Canada, then this sentence should be said Live down there. Because Buffalo is in the south of Canada, so the use of up or down depends on the south or the north. < /p>

17. Hey, look at the girl up there. Hey, look at the girl up there.

Please note that up and down are not completely interpreted as north and south. To see It depends on the context. Like in this sentence, up there means "on top". Because in daily conversation we are unlikely to say, "Look at the girl on the north side" we will only say, look at the girl above. Girl. So the meaning in English is the same. Similarly, Look the girl down there is to look at the girl below.

18. Let's call it a wash. Don't give the rest!

Suppose I owe you 9.8 yuan and you owe me 10 yuan. At this time, let's call it a wash means "almost, no need to forget it, no need to worry about it"! But seriously, this I have asked Americans about this sentence, but some Americans don’t know it, so it is not very commonly used.

19. Pass the hat. Please pay for it.

Once I was going to a party with an old lady, so I asked them curiously, "Is it free?" Then an old lady said to me, "Pass the hat." I was stunned on the spot and didn't know what to do, so I asked again, He still said pass the hat. I found out later that pass the hat means to use a hat to collect money from everyone, and it depends on how much you want to pay. Because beggars abroad all use hats to ask for money, unlike Taiwanese who ask for bowls. It's not the same. So the saying is different.

If you go to a so-called pass the hat party, you will definitely use the verb put in (plug in). This verb means everyone" "How much does it cost" means. For example, Everybody puts in 5 dollars.

20. Let's chip in 20 dollars to buy him a present. Let's chip in 20 dollars to buy him a present. Use the money to buy him a gift.

Chip in means everyone contributes money, which is somewhat similar to the pass the hat introduced before. But pass the hat mostly means that everyone contributes their own money. Chip in means that everyone contributes a little money and uses the money to do something. It may be to buy a gift or share some different expenses. For example, once I went to someone else's house to play, and the result was very... Unfortunately, the door was locked for some reason and no one could get in. Then someone said, OK. Let's chip in some money to call the locksmith.

21. How much is the cover? How much is the admission fee?

Some nightlife venues in the United States, such as dance halls, electric amusement parks, etc., have so-called admission fees (cover). This cover usually does not include

Consumption of drinks and food. In addition, Americans have a more colloquial way of asking, How much to get in? It also asks how much the cover is. So next time if you go to a night club with a foreigner, you might as well ask, How much is the cover? Or, How much to get in?

22. I am broke. I am very poor.

In the past, when people in China said that they were poor, they always used I am poor. sentence. But I found that I am poor is not used much in the United States. Generally, the word poor is used to talk about poor people. Of course, it is also correct to use I am poor when saying that I am poor. But in comparison Let’s talk more about I am broke. For example, if someone invites you to dinner, you can say No, I am broke. Maybe next time.

23. She just got a sugar dad. She found a sugar daddy. Rich old men.

Some young and beautiful women will become godfathers to some rich but boring people, or even date them, just to see if they can get any benefits. This kind of rich old man is jokingly called sugar dad. Similarly, what about the rich old woman? She is called sugar mom.

24. Ching-Ching. Money.

Do you know what the sound is when you open the cash register? It is the crisp ching-ching sound. So what to do when opening the cash register, of course, is to make money, so ching-ching means money, like In Force of Nature, the male protagonist went to a gay bar to do a striptease, and ended up making a lot of money. I heard him ching-ching ching-ching all the way.

I hope everyone can have a lot of ching- ching, ching-ching.

25. Is she big-boned? Is she very tall?

Big-bone means a very thick frame. It is not surprising for beautiful women (American women). In the movie Something about Mary, there is this sentence, Is she big-boned?

What do you say about a petite woman? Petite means petite. Many girls from Asia complain that they can't buy suitable clothes when they come to the United States. In fact, many stores have a petite section. Go and search there, and I'm sure you'll find something unexpected. If you really can't find it, try Teenager, which also sells it. Lots of suitable clothes.