1. 1) What are you?
2) What's your job?
3) What do you do for a living?
4) May I ask what your job is?
5) What are you going to do?
2. 1) May I use your dictionary?
2) Would you mind if I use your dictionary?
3) If you don't mind, I'll use your dictionary.
4) Would you mind my using your dictionary?
5) Would you please be so kind as to use your dictionary?
3. 1) What time is it?
2) What time do you have?
3) Would you tell me the time?
4) Have you got the time?
5) Can you spare time for me?
4. 1) Shall we take a break for a cup of coffee?
2) Shall we take a coffee break?
3) How about a coffee break?
4) Let's have a break over a cup of coffee.
5) A cup of coffee, please.
5. 1) What is your occupation?
2) What do you do for a living?
3) What line of business are you in?
4) How do you earn your bread?
5) What are you doing now?
6. 1) Are you with me?
2) Do you follow me?
3) Do you understand?
4) Have you got that?
5) Do you see it?
7. 1) I beg your pardon?
2) Could you repeat it?
3) What did you say?
4) Sorry, I didn't hear what you said.
5) You can say that again.
8. 1) OK so far?
2) Do you see what I mean?
3) Are you with me?
4) Is that clear?
5) That's a good point.
9. 1) I'm sorry, but I don't know.
2) I don't have the slightest idea of it.
3) I have no idea.
4) I don't have a clue.
5) I don't agree to it.
10.1) You're wanted on the phone, Mr.Smith.
2) Mr. Smith,someone wants you on the phone.
3) Mr. Smith,here's a phone call for you.
4) Mr.Smith, it's for you.
5) Mr.Smith is on the phone.
11.1) What are you thinking of?
2) What's on your mind?
3) What's going on your mind?
4) What do you have in mind?
5) What do you think of this?
12.1) This way, please.
2) Come this way, please.
3) May I lead the way?
4) Let me take you there.
5) Clear the way, please.
13.1) Thanks a lot.
2) I appreciate it.
3) I'm much obliged to you.
4) Many thanks.
5) None of your business.
14.1) I'm sorry?
2) Pardon me?
3) What?
4) please?
5) OK?
15.1) I'd like to talk to you for a minute.
2) May I see you for a minute?
3) Do you mind if I talk to you for a while?
4) I hope I can see you for a while.
5) Why don't you talk to me?
16.1) What do you say to having a cup of coffee?
2) What do you think about having a cup of coffee?
3) How about having a cup of coffee?
4) Let's have a cup of coffee, shall we?
5) Let me have a cup of coffee.
17.1) His work is perfect.
2) He is a careful worker.
3) We can't find fault with his work.
4) His work is highly esteemed.
5) He is behind in his work.
18.1) It is basic common knowledge.
2) Everyone knows it.
3) It is so common.
4) I know better than that.
5) It is beyond me.
19.1) What time is it now?
2) What time does your watch say?
3) Do you have the time?
4) What time do you have?
5) Do you have time?
20.1) Would you do me a favor?
2) I've come to ask a favor.
3) May I ask you a favor?
4) Would you do a favor for me?
5) Is this just an attempt to win her favor?
21.1) You're kidding!
2) That can't be!
3) No kidding!
4) I can't believe it!
5) Who doesn't believe it!
22.1) Thank you for your call.
2) I appreciate calling me up.
3) I'm very much obliged for your call.
4) I want to express my thanks for your call.
5) You owe me much for your call.
23.1) That's all right.
2) Don't worry about it.
3) It doesn't matter.
4) Don't mention it.
5) Right you are!
24.1) What's the matter with you?
2) What's wrong with you?
3) What's the trouble with you?
4) What happened to you?
5) What did you do that for?
25.1) Where can I get a book of tickets?
2) Where is the ticket office?
3) How can I get a ticket?
4) Where is the ticket window?
5) Which ticket should I buy?
26.1) How about playing tennis?
2) Why don't we play tennis?
3) Why not play tennis?
4) What do you say to playing tennis?
5) Let us play tennis.
27.1) May I leave my baggage with you?
2) Could you take care of my baggage?
3) Please look after my baggage.
4) Might I entrust my baggage to you?
5) Could I check my baggage here?
28.1) I can't stand it.
2) I can't put up with it.
3) I can't take it any more.
4) I've had more than enough of it.
5) I've had second thoughts about it.
29.1) I don't feel like it.
2) I'm not in the mood for it.
3) I don't have a mind for it.
4) It's not the thing I want to do.
5) I'm not up to it.
30.1) There is a call for you.
2) You are wanted on the line.
3) Someone wants you on the phone.
4) You have a phone call.
5) Will you answer the phone?
31.1) Is there any way I can contact him?
2) How can I get in touch with him?
3) How can I reach him?
4) May I ask how can I contact him?
5) May I speak to him?
32.1) I'd like to take a flight to Seoul.
2) I'd like to make a reservation for a flight to Seoul.
3) I'd like to make a booking for a flight to Seoul.
5) I'd like to confirm my reservation for a flight to Seoul.
32.1) All of the tickets are sold out.
2) We're all sold out of tickets.
3) All the tickets have sold out already.
4) There is no ticket left.
5) All the tickets are out of date.
33.1) Can you give me a lower price?
2) Can you allow me any discount?
3) Can you make it any cheaper?
4) Can you discount the price?
5) Can you give me something cheaper?
34.1) You have something to do with it.
2) It is none of your business.
3) Mind your own business.
3) It's no concern of yours.
5) Go about your business.
35.1) She lived prior to him.
2) She lived after him.
3) She survived him.
4) She outlived him.
5) She lived longer than him.
36.1) He is equal to the problem.
2) The problem is too difficult for him.
3) The problem is above his ability.
4) His ability falls short of the problem.
5) She can't solve the problem.
37.1) There is no trying to persuade me.
2) It is no use trying to persuade me.
3) It is of no use to try to persuade me.
4) What is the good of trying to persuade me?
5) It is useless to try to persuade me.
38.1) Take it easy.
2) No kidding!
3) I don't believe it.
4) Oh, come on!
5) That can't be.
39.1) He is obliged to come.
2) He is bound to come.
3) He is sure to come.
4) He is destined to come.
5) Certainly he'll come.
40.1) You could be right.
2) I suppose you're right.
3) Maybe so.
4) Perhaps you're right.
5) That's a good suggestion, I guess.
41.1) Is there anything particular with you?
2) What's wrong with you?
3) What's the matter with you?
4) What's up with you?
5) Anything the matter?
42.1) I burst upon an excellent idea.
2) A good idea occurred to me.
3) I hit upon a good idea.
4) A good idea came across my mind.
5) A capital idea suggested itself to me.
43.1) May I take your order?
2) May I have the check, please?
3) Can you bring us the check?
4) May I have the bill, please?
5) May I ask you to bring me the check?
44.1) Who doesn't know it?
2) I don't have a clue.
3) I know nothing of it.
4) I am quite ignorant of it.
5) I have not the slightest idea of it.
45.1) I went the bed.
2) I got into bed.
3) I retired to bed.
4) I retired to rest.
5) I went between the sheets.
46.1) I fall short of time.
2) I haven't got much time left.
3) I'm running out of time.
4) There isn't much time left.
5) I'm pressed for time.
47.1) Pull on a chair, please.
2) Sit down, please.
3) Be seated, please.
4) Take a seat, please.
5) Seat yourself, please.
48.1) Will you please explain me the way to the station?
2) Would you be kind enough to show me the way to the station?
3) Be good enough to direct me to the station.
4) May I ask you the way to the station?
5) Would you mind telling me the way to the station?
49.1) What can I do for you?
2) Will you give me a hand?
3) May I ask you a favor?
4) Will you do me a favor?
5) Could you lend me a hand?
50.1) What time do you have?
2) What time do you make it?
3) What is the time?
4) Can you tell me the time, please?
5) Do you have time?
51.1) Please give him my best wishes.
2) Please remember me to him.
3) Please give my best regards to him.
4) Say hello to him for me.
5) He wishes to be remembered to you.
52.1) I haven't seen you for the first time in many days.
2) It's quite a long time since I saw you last.
3) You are quite a stranger.
4) We have not met for ages.
5) What have you been doing all this while?
53.1) You must be joking.
2) Don't make fun of me.
3) You don't mean it.
4) Really?
5) You know better than that.
54.1) What business are you in?
2) What line are you in?
3) What's your job?
4) How do you make a living?
5) How do you do for a living?
55.1) May I take a message?
2) Would you like to leave a message?
3) Do you have any message for him?
4) Any message for him, please?
5) Would you like to get the message?
56.1) How's everything with you?
2) How are you getting along these days?
3) How does it go with you?
4) How goes it?
5) How comes it?
57.1) What time shall we make it?
2) Why don't you name the time?
3) What's a good time for you?
4) When is it convenient for you?
5) What time do you make it?
58.1) I had a nice time of it.
2) I enjoyed ourselves very much.
3) I did have a ball.
4) What a good time I had!
5) I spent a lot of time.
