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Speaker 1: Have you ever been in the middle of a conversation

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and thought, hmm, okay, I need to leave now, but

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how do I leave? Maybe you're at a party, maybe

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you're on the phone, or maybe you're chatting with a

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coworker and you actually have work to do. Well, we

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usually end a conversation with soft, natural phrases to signal

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that the conversation is ending, we ease out of it.

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And that's what this podcast English Lesson is all about.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode not two, how

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to end a conversation naturally without being rude. Today we're

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going to look at some very natural phrases native speakers

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use to wrap up a conversation smoothly, politely, and without awkwardness.

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Let's start with a very common one, well, I should

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get going. We use well I should get going when

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we want to leave, but we want to sound soft

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and less direct, Like if you're at a friend's house

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and you've been talking for a while, you might say, well,

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I should get going. I have an early morning tomorrow,

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Or if you're on the phone and you realize it's

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getting late, you might say, well, I should get going.

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I still need to finish some work. It sounds natural

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and polite, and it's a great way to signal that

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the conversation is over and it's time to leave. A

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slightly stronger version is i'd better get going, which is

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usually pronounced like I better get going. Like if you're

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meeting someone and you look at your watch, you might say, wow,

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I better get going before traffic gets bad. Or at

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a party, you might say, I better get going before

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I miss the last train. I better get going sounds

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a little more urgent than I should get going, but

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it's still friendly. Next, here's an important little word in

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spoken English, anyway. Listen to how I pronounce it when

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I want to end a conversation anyway. The intonation is

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like going down this stairs, like you're going somewhere anyway.

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This intonation is important because when we say this word

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like this anyway, it's a soft signal that the conversation

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is wrapping up. For example, you might say anyway, I

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should get going, or on the phone, anyway, it was

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nice talking to you, or anyway, I won't keep you

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anyway gently shifts the energy of the conversation. It tells

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the listener that you're ready to wrap it up. And

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speaking of I won't keep you, that's another great phrase

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we use I won't keep you when we want to

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show respect for the other person's time by ending the conversation.

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For example, if you're talking to a coworker who looks busy,

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you might say, I won't keep you. I just wanted

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to ask you that one quick question. Or if you've

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been chatting with someone at an event, you might end

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the conversation with anyway, I won't keep you, it was

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great catching up. These phrases sound thoughtful and polite. Next,

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let's talk about something very important when ending a conversation,

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and that is creating a future connection, and one very

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common phrase we used to do that is let's catch up.

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In this context, catch up means to talk with someone

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after you haven't seen or spoken for a while and

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share updates about your lives. So we use this phrase

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to end a conversation while keeping the relationship warm. You

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might say, let's catch up later, or let's catch up soon,

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or even let's catch up this weekend. It shows that

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this isn't goodbye, it's just see you later. For example,

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at the end of a conversation with a friend, you

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might say, anyway, let's catch up later this week, or

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after running into someone unexpectedly, you could say I was

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great seeing you, let's catch up soon. This keeps the

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relationship warm. It doesn't feel like a hard stop. Another

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similar simple phrase is i'll talk to you soon. You

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can use this at the end of a phone call

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like all right, I'll talk to you soon, or after

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a quick conversation at work, I'll talk to you later.

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It's friendly and neutral, So let's put it all together.

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Native speakers usually end a conversation in three steps. First,

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we signal the ending with words like anyway. Second, we

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exit politely, like with I should get going or I

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better get going. And third, we create future connection like

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let's catch up later or I'll talk to you soon,

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like this anyway, I better get going, I'll talk to

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you soon. We use language like this to gently ease

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out of the conversation without stopping suddenly. And one more

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import important tip to remember is this tone matters. These

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phrases work best when you say them in a relaxed,

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friendly voice. The goal isn't just to end the conversation,

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it's to do it smoothly. So the next time you're

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in a conversation and you need to go, try using

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one of these phrases. That's how you build natural, confident,

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conversational English. Anyway, keep in mind the best way to

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remember English like this and any other word or phrase

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in English, is to take that word or phrase, write

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it in a sentence that's true for you or true

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in your world, and then memorize your sentences. Hey, thanks

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for listening, and remember learning another language is not easy,

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but it's not impossible. I'm here to help you on

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your journey.

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