Read and Speak. Круглова М.В. - 114 стр.

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Woman: (handing him the mustard) Here you are.

Man: Thank you.

Dialogue C (relatively formal)

(Two men, strangers to each other, are waiting for a late-night bus.)

Mr. Cox: Could you give me a light? I’ve run out of matches.

Mr. Hill: (handing him a box of matches) Here you are. You may as well keep

hem. I’ve got another box.

Mr. Cox: Thank you very much.

Additional formulas

Requests Responses

I have a favour to ask of you.

(relatively formal; used to introduce

a request)

Would you mind if I (did smth.)? (No,) of course not.

(No,) not at all.

No, please, do.

(No,) please, go ahead.

Do you mind if I (do smth.)? As above

Would you mind (doing smth.)? No specific reply or

(No,) of course not.

(No,) not at all.

All right.

might indicate a lack of enthusiasm,

but need not

Would you mind not (doing smth.)? As above

Can / could I (do smth.)? (Yes,) of course you can.

(Yes,) of course.

Certainly.

By all means. (= Of course.)

(Yes,) please, go ahead.