Everyday phrases204

A spoken denial that you are the one who did the act someone is blaming or asking about, often protesting innocence.

A wistful way of saying you do not know the answer or the facts, and you wish you did.

A plea that the other person rely on the speaker’s word, judgment, or plan despite doubt or reluctance.

Said to show you understand what someone means or how they feel.

Used in a question to show surprise or doubt and to ask someone to confirm a surprising or unwelcome claim.

A goodbye confirming you will meet someone at a place already mentioned.

Suggest that it is time for the speakers to leave or set off.

goodbye

A command, usually from a parent or other authority, telling someone to leave and stay in their bedroom as punishment or to stop misbehaving.

Tell someone they must return a favor or make something up to you, such as an apology, help, or payback for a wrong.

Said after a statement or as a reply to stress that something is definitely true, or to agree strongly with what was just said.

A conversational way of conceding that what someone just said is a valid, relevant observation or argument.