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Hi. My name is Rebecca from www.engvid.com.
In today's lesson, I'm going to show you how

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to end a conversation. Now, many people know
how to start a conversation, but it's not

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always clear exactly how you can end a conversation
politely. So I'm going to show you a three-step

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technique that you can use anytime you need
to leave or end a conversation with someone.

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So let's have a look at the board.

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Basically, what you want to do is something
like this. You want to give a reason; you

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want to refer to the future; and then, you
want to say goodbye.

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So you could combine something from here,
here, and here. Let's try it out.

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You could say, "Oh, look at the time. I'm
afraid I have another appointment. Let's get

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together soon, okay? Bye for now. Take care."

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So something from here, something from here,
something from here. Of course, a person might

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say something between, but even if you're
saying these three things, it's a very polite

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way to exit the conversation.

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Another way that you can use which we often
use to be polite to the other person is rather

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than indicating that you are in a hurry to
go, your turn around, and you say to them,

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"Well, I won't keep you any longer. You're
probably busy." Or, "I'll let you go." Something

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like that. You could then add something from
here. "Let's do lunch sometime"; or "I'll

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give you a call next week"; and "All right.
See you. Bye for now." Something like that.

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A little more formal situation. Let's say
you've been to a meeting or a cocktail party

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or something like that. You could say, "It's
been a pleasure talking to you." We're in

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a business situation, right? "It's been a
pleasure talking to you." "It's been a pleasure

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meeting you." "I'll call you next week.",
or "May I call you next week?" if you want

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to, all right?

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Here, you might skip this part because if
it's a very formal situation, you might not

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be the one who calls them. You might say something
like, "I'll look forward to hearing from you"

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if that's relevant. Or you could just say,
"It's been a pleasure talking to you. Thank

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you very much." Because in a formal situation,
that might be enough.

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So by following this simple three-step rule,
you can exit any conversation in a polite way.

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If you'd like to do a little quiz on this,
please go to our website www.engvid.com, and

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you can practice exactly how to do this so
you can do it easily in your own life. If

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Good luck with your English. Bye for now.