100+ phrases on how to beautifully send someone away without insulting them

How to send someone away culturally

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1. We have nothing more to talk about. Goodbye!

2. I envy those who don't know you.

3. I wish we were strangers.

4. Sometimes you meet a person and immediately realize that you want to spend the rest of your life without him. You are one of them.

5. I say “See you later” to most people, but I don’t plan to see you anymore, so “Bye.”

6. I think it would be better if we both pretend that we have never met. Thanks for understanding.

7. I appreciate your opinion and would like to continue our conversation later.

8. I don't want to put any more time or effort into any relationship with you.

9. Everything ends someday. Whatever happened between us must end. Enjoy your life.

10. I never forget faces, but in your case I will make an exception.

11. Spare me from your company.

12. Do you have enough... rubles to convince you to leave me alone and never come near me again?

13. I have outgrown you.

14. I'm going to get out of here, and I advise you to.

15. The most difficult choices require willpower. We don't have to communicate with each other anymore.

16. With all due respect, this conversation will lead us nowhere. None of us are ready to agree with each other. Take care of yourself.

17. Good luck to you and I hope life treats you the way you deserve.

18. I don’t wish you harm, but I have no desire to talk to you again.

19. Now you are only the one I once knew.

20. You are having a very negative impact on my quality of life and I need to stay at least one time zone away from you.

21. From me - the general direction in which you need to move. Please refrain from further contact with me.

22. I liked you better as a stranger.

23. Please repeat, what is your name?

24. I would like to be more polite, but I am not interested in continuing the conversation with you.

25. Deliver me from your existence and I don’t need to say anything else.

26. I have enough middle fingers to express all my feelings for you.

27. “It was nice to meet you.”

28. I think we don’t need to see each other anymore.

29. Listen, I really need to go, I'm very busy right now. I'll call you when I'm free.

30. I will let you know when you start to mean something to me.

31. In my opinion, there are too many unpleasant moments between us. Maybe we'll try next time, in the distant future.

32. Forget my phone number.

33. Keep living your life, bro.

34. I think it would be better for both of us to separate now and live our own lives from now on.

35. I think our conversation is unproductive. Have a nice day!

36. I'm less interested in you than finishing this sentence, so...

37. It is clear that one of us made a mistake and wasted someone else's valuable time.

38. At this point, I never want to talk to you again. I ask you to respect my feelings. If anything changes, I'll let you know. Until this happens, please do not contact me.

39. I will pray for you.

English for every day.

In this section you will find interesting and useful English phrases that you can use and hear every day. Idioms that native English speakers use:

1. Break a leg (Good luck) - Neither fluff nor feather. Literally: break your leg. (Good luck).
2. Hang in there (Don't give up) - Hang in there. (Do not give up)
3. Miss the boat (It's too late) - The train has left. In English we use boat, not train. (Too late)
4. Pull yourself together - Get together. Those. collect your thoughts, and not go on the road.
5. To make matters worse... - What’s even worse... / To top it all off...
6. Break the ice - Melt the ice.
7. Something Rocks! /Rules! — When they talk about something very cool. Sometimes in the Russian speech of young people you can hear “something is driving!”
8. Freak out - Go crazy / Go crazy.
9. It's a piece of cake - It's very simple! Literally: it's a piece of cake!
10. Burn bridges - Burn bridges (meanings are similar).

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I love streaming with my bae

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With this phrase, the speaker tells you that he likes to stream with his significant other. Bae is an abbreviation for before anyone else, “more important than everyone else.” The word is usually used when talking about a guy or a girl. On social networks it is often used ironically. For example, to your own car. If you take a photo of a lonely evening with a sandwich and write chillin' with my bae , everyone will understand that you are relaxing with food dear to your heart.

That video is so chill

This is what you can say about a video that relaxed you. This word has nothing to do with chili peppers. Instead, it is used to describe something calm. If you say chilly about the weather, it means that it is cool outside. The word chill can convey the atmosphere: This party was so chill - “The party was so relaxed.” Or a person’s disposition: My boyfriend is always so chill - “My boyfriend is always so calm.” And in English there is a well-known phrase Netflix and chill - hugging while listening to TV series.

Suggestion or advice

Notes:

• The phrase If I were you is a special case of a conditional sentence. Read more about it in the article “Conditional sentences in English”.
• Let’s is an expression used to encourage joint action, like “come on” in Russian. In general, from a grammatical point of view, let's is a shortened form of let us , but the full form usually has a different meaning: let(s) us do something.

- Let's go! - Lets go!

- Let's go! - Let us go! (let us go)

Example sentences:

• Would you like a cup of tea? - Would you like a cup of tea?
• Do you want tea? - Do you want some tea?
• How about a cup of tea? - How about a cup of tea?
• Can I offer you my help? – May I offer you my help?
• Let's get back to work. - Let's get back to work.
• I recommend you avoiding some neighborhoods in our city. – I recommend that you avoid certain areas in our city.
• You sleep better. – You should get better sleep.
• Why don't you come to our party tomorrow? – Why don’t you come to our party tomorrow?
• If I were you , I would wait for a lawyer. – If I were you, I would wait for a lawyer.
• You'd better take an umbrella. - You better take an umbrella.

No cap? Did you really post it?

“Are you seriously posting this? Aren’t you driving?” No cap can be translated as “word of honor.” But if the latter sounds cute and a little childish, then no cap is a buzz phrase that can often be seen on TikTok. If you talk about something and add a no cap, everyone will understand that you are not exaggerating at all. The phrase became popular on the Internet after the rap track No Cap by Young Thug & Future. It is also used as an amplifier: No cap, that food was so good! — “The food was really good!”

Greetings and farewells

Greeting formulas include not only the greeting itself, but also the following question like “How are you?”, “How is life?” etc. Let's start with greetings and farewells:

Notes:

• Hello and Good bye are the most neutral forms of greeting and farewell that are suitable for any situation. Hi is a more conversational, friendly form.
• good morning \ afternoon \ evening are used for greetings , but not good night - this is a wish for good night.
• In English, as in Russian, there are farewell words that imply parting forever, for example farewell (goodbye) - this word with a bookish connotation is found more in historical films than in everyday speech.

The greeting is usually followed by a formal question such as “How are you?” Here are the main question and answer options:

Notes:

• Before fine, good or ok you should add thanks or thank you , thanking the interlocutor for asking how you are doing: Thanks, I'm fine.
• The question “How are you?” is just a greeting, a formula of politeness. You should not tell in detail how you are doing or, even worse, complain about life.
• For more information about the intricacies of greetings, read the article: How to answer greetings in English?

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Expression of gratitude and response

In 99% of cases, the words “Thank you” are suitable for expressing gratitude and responding to it . – “You are welcome.” This formula exactly corresponds to the Russian “thank you - please.” But there are other options. Here are some popular formulas for expressing gratitude:

And responses to gratitude:

This style is so extra

Extra is used not only to get a larger portion of fries ( extra large French fries ). Nowadays this word is used to mean “pretentious”. If they say “extra” about a person or his style, it means that he is clearly overdoing it. For example, in attempts to please everyone or shock your subscribers.

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Expressing your opinion

Notes:

• Like “I think” in Russian, I think can sound confident or, conversely, emphasize the speaker’s uncertainty in his statement (which happens more often). It all depends on the context and intonation.
• The popular Internet expression IMHO comes from the English in my humble opinion (IMHO) - in my humble opinion.

Example sentences:

• I think if you work hard, you'll do well in the exam. – I think that if you study hard, you will do well in the exam.
• It seems to me that your business plan is very convincing. – It seems to me that your business plan is very convincing.
• In my opinion , there should be at least two windows in this room. “In my opinion, this room should have at least two windows.”
• To be honest , your new car is awful. - Honestly, your new car is terrible.
• To tell you the truth , there is no much choice for you. “To be honest, you don’t have much of a choice.”
• To my mind , red is not the best color for wallpapers. – In my opinion, red is not the best color for wallpaper.

What's the deal, bruh?

A great way to ask a close friend what's going on there. Bruh is a new variation of bro, which fully means brother. Naturally, young people now call not only their relatives this way. This word can even be used to address a stranger in informal communication. For example, if you find a like-minded person in the comments to your favorite blogger’s post, you can write to him So true bruuuh! - “You’re telling the truth, brother!”

Introductory words

Introductory words make sentences more coherent and help the interlocutor follow your train of thought. They also give time to find words without creating long pauses in speech.

Agreement and disagreement

Besides yes and no, there are other ways to express agreement and disagreement in English. Below are ways to express agreement, which are complete sentences.

Notes:

• The expression absolutely in response to some statement means agreement. Often, without thinking, it is translated as “absolutely.” But absolutely can most likely be translated as “of course,” “completely agree with you,” “necessarily,” etc., depending on the context:

— Will you join us? — Absolutely.

—Will you join us? - Certainly.

• The idiom I couldn't (can't) agree more means firm, confident agreement. It is often used incorrectly, for example: I could agree more, I couldn't agree anymore.

Disagreement formulas are also short sentences.