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Popular Phrases
Ways to Say “Very Good”
1. You’re on the right track now!
2. That’s the best ever
3. You’ve got it made
4. You’ve just about mastered it
5. Super!
6. Perfect!
7. That’s right!
8. That’s better than ever
9. That’s good
10. Much better!
11. You’re really working hard today
12. Wonderful
13. You are very good at that
14. You must have been practicing
15. That’s coming along nicely
16. You did that very well
17. Good work!
18. Fine!
19. I’m happy to see you working like that
20. Nice going
21. That’s much, much better!
Common Phrases: Ways to Say “Very Good”
Alternative Ways to Say GOODBYE
1. So long
2. See you later
3. Be seein’ you
4. Take it easy
5. Bye
6. Bye-bye
7. See you
8. Bye now
9. Be good
10. Catch you
11. See you again
12. See you around
13. See you soon
14. Take care
15. Bye for now
16. Be seeing you
17. I’ll be seeing you
18. Come whenever you can
19. I enjoyed seeing you again
20. Drop in again
21. God bless you
22. You take care
23. Have a good trip
24. Have a nice day
25. Have a safe trip
Common Phrases: Ways to Say GOODBYE
Different Ways to Say “Calm Down”
Alternative ways to say “Calm Down”
1. I see that you are having a difficult time, let me help you.
2. Take a deep breath.
3. If you need to hit something, hit this pillow.
4. That can be so frustrating, let’s figure this out together.
5. I see that you are mad, how does that feel in your body?
6. Count to 10.
7. Want to squeeze my hand?
8. How about a big hug.
9. Let’s focus on fixing the problem together.
10. If you are feeling sad, you can tell me about it.
11. You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do
Saying “Calm Down” to Your Anxious Teen
1. Tell me about it
2. I’m listening
3. That sounds tough
4. I totally get it.
5. Let’s breathe together.
6. 1 to 10 scale, how horrible is it?
7. What’s the worst that could happen?
Common Phrases: Ways to Say “Calm Down”
Different Ways to Say “NO”
1. No.
2. Nope.
3. No thanks, I won’t be able to make it.
4. Not this time.
5. No thanks, I have another commitment.
6. Unfortunately, it’s not a good time.
7. Sadly I have something else.
8. Unfortunately not.
9. I have something else.
10. Sorry.
11. Apologies, but I can’t make it.
12. Maybe another time.
13. Sounds great, but I can’t commit.
14. I’m booked into something else.
15. I’m not able to make that time.
16. Thanks, but no thanks.
17. I’m not able to make it this week/ month/ year.
18. I’ve got too much on my plate right now.
19. I’m not talking on anything else right now.
20. Bandwidth is low, so I won’t be able to make it work.
Common Phrases: Different Ways to Say “NO”
Ways to Say GOOD JOB
1. You’re on the right track now!
2. You’ve got it made.
3. SUPER!
4. That’s right!
5. That’s good.
6. I’m very proud of you.
7. You’re really working hard today.
8. You are very good at that.
9. That’s coming along nicely.
10. GOOD WORK!
11. I’m happy to see you working like that.
12. That’s much, much better!
13. Exactly right.
14. I’m proud of the way you worked today.
15. You’re doing that much better today.
16. You’ve just about got it.
17. That’s the best you’ve ever done.
18. You’re doing a good job.
19. THAT’S IT!
20. Now you’ve figured it out.
21. That’s quite an improvement.
22. GREAT!
23. I knew you could do it.
24. Congratulations!
25. Not bad.
26. Keep working on it.
27. You’re improving.
28. Now you have it!
29. You are learning fast.
30. Good for you!
Common Phrases: Ways to Say GOOD JOB
Different Ways of Saying “For Example”
1. Such as
2. For instance
3. Let’s say …
4. Examples include
5. One example is
6. Including
7. In a similar case
8. To illustrate
9. By way of illustration
10. If you look at …
11. This includes
12. As an example
13. As a case in point
14. Especially
15. An example being …
16. Namely, …
17. In addition to
18. This can be seen when…
19. … is one example of …
20. …as illustrated by…
21. …as seen in …
22. …which is made apparent when…
23. These include…
24. Particularly…
25. This is illustrated…
Common Phrases: Ways of Saying “For Example”
Creative Ways to Say “YES”
1. Yep
2. No problem!
3. Yeah
4. Sure
5. Definitely
6. Naturally
7. You bet!
8. Of course
9. OK
10. Okie dokie
11. Affirmative
12. Aye aye
13. Roger
14. Uh-huh
15. Very well
16. Yup
17. Yuppers
18. Right on
19. Ja
20. Surely
21. Totally
22. Yessir
23. Indubitably
24. Yay
25. And how!
26. K
27. Alright
28. Alrighty
29. Sounds good
30. For sure
Common Phrases: Ways to Say “YES”