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#2 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:48 am how to say? |
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The second one would sound correct to me, but I've personally never heard either of those phrases said in British English. Where did you get them from? _________________ Improve your IELTS -
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#4 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:38 am how to say? |
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#5 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:38 am how to say? |
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I think you need to clarify what you mean.
Do you mean what would you say if YOU were too busy and someone tried to talk to you, and you then wanted to politely tell them you did not have time?
If it was something like that you'd probably say:
"Sorry, but I'm a bit busy at the moment. Can we discuss it / talk later."
But there are a lot of variations on that. _________________ Improve your IELTS -
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#6 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:49 am how to say? |
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If to be honest I am not talking about academic polite English. I am interesting about daily English for ex. between teens or mother and annoying children... More precisely, as an ex. :
Husband wants attention. Wife is always on a phone. And he complains: Kind of : You have never had time for me or like I am asking: You are always not up to/for me.
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#7 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:57 am how to say? |
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#8 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:41 am how to say? |
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"Interested in..."
I think your other point is difficult to answer, but only because there are so many different things that you can say. There is not a set phrase as such. I'm sure you can't say "You are always not up to/for me", but maybe someone else on the forum has heard different.
"You have never had time for me" is ok. (or present perfect instead of past - "You never have time for me").
Or some others that come to mind:
You always ignore me You never listen to me You are not interested in me (as you said) _________________ Improve your IELTS -
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#9 (permalink) Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:02 am how to say? |
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#10 (permalink) Wed Jan 18, 2012 21:08 pm how to say? |
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MY friend gave me a quote: "Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
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I have thought / I thought/ I was thinking/ ... and agreed/have agreed/ was agreed ?
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