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2. Leave-Taking

Dialogue A (relatively informal)

Joan: Well, I think I’d better be going.

Mike: Me, too. Remember me to Ken.

Joan: Thanks, I will. Best wishes to Margaret.

Mike: Thanks. So long, then.

Joan: Cheerio. See you next Thursday.

Dialogue B (relatively formal)

Mr. Jackson: Excuse me, Mrs. Turner, but I’m afraid I shall have to be going.

I promised to be at home by six. Give my kindest regards to your

sister.

Mrs. Turner: Thank you, I will. It was nice to see you again. Give my best

wishes to your wife and children.

Mr. Jackson: Thank you. Goodbye.

Mrs. Turner: Goodbye.

Additional formulas

I must be going now.

(I’ll) see you later. (fairly intimate; used when one will see the person later that

day)

(I’ll) be seeing you. (fairly intimate; used when it is uncertain when one will see

the person next)

See you. (fairly intimate; used when one will probably see the person fairly soon;

used mainly by younger people among themselves)

Bye. (less formal then ‘Goodbye’)

Bye-bye. (fairly intimate; used especially by women, and when taking leave of

them or children)

Give my love to Sarah. (fairly intimate)

Have a nice / good time.

Enjoy yourself. (The last two formulas are used when someone is leaving to go on

holiday, to a party, dance, etc.)