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Greetings and Farewells

This document provides examples of common greetings, farewells, and special expressions in English. It includes both neutral/formal greetings like "Hello, how are you?" and less formal greetings like "Hey, how's it going?". Farewell expressions covered are things like "Goodbye", "See you later", and "Have a nice day". The document concludes with some special expressions used for toasts, congratulations, and blessings.

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Greetings and Farewells

This document provides examples of common greetings, farewells, and special expressions in English. It includes both neutral/formal greetings like "Hello, how are you?" and less formal greetings like "Hey, how's it going?". Farewell expressions covered are things like "Goodbye", "See you later", and "Have a nice day". The document concludes with some special expressions used for toasts, congratulations, and blessings.

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Cambridge University Press

978-0-521-63477-9 - Vocabulary in Use Intermediate With


Answers Stuart Redman
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UNIT Greetings, farewells, and


27 special expressions
A Greetings
Neutral to formal: Less formal:
A: Hi./Hello. How are you? A: Hi/Hey. How are things? /
B: Fine, thank you. / Fine, thanks.
How’s it going? / How’re you doing?
. . . How are you? / How about you?
B: Pretty good. / OK. / All right. / I’m good.How about you?

We sometimes use these greetings at different times of day: Nice to meet you.
Good morning. / Good afternoon. / Good evening. Same here.
[We don’t use Good night as a greeting.]
When meeting someone for the first time, we can say:
Nice to meet you. [The answer could be Nice to meet
you too. / Same here.]
How do you do? / Pleased to meet you. (formal)

B Farewells
Good-bye. (neutral to formal)
Take care. / Take it easy. / So long. / Bye. / See you. (less formal)
See you later. / See you soon. [if you plan to see someone again, soon]
Good/Nice to see you. [a greeting or a farewell to someone you already know]
Nice meeting you. [to say good-bye to someone you’ve just met for the first
time] Good night. [to say good-bye late at night or if one or both of you is
going to bed]
Have a nice day/evening/weekend. [to say good-bye to a friend or colleague or to
a customer in a store; the response could be: You too.]

C Special expressions

ntion. (b) To get past someone who is in your way. (c) To say you are sorry, e.g., if you stand on someone’s foot. [or: I beg your pardon.] (d) Say
eat what was said.

A toast when people have a drink together. It could also be To your new job. / To friendship. / To romance. etc.
To wish someone success, e.g., on exams / a job interview / a contest.
To someone who has achieved something or had good fortune, e.g., found a job, graduated, got a raise. Also Good job! or Nice
To someone when they sneeze. They can reply: Thank you. / Thanks.
To wish someone well on their birthday / on or soon after New Year’s Day (often printed or written on greeting cards).

Bless you.
Happy birthday. / Happy New Year.

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