Conversation Skills: How to End a Conversation "I gotta get going" and more!

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Hi everyone. It's Jennifer. In one of my earlier lessons, I gave suggestions for
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refusing a request or declining an invitation.
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It's not always easy to say no, is it?
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Another thing that can be hard is ending a conversation.
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But sometimes we just don't have the time to talk. So what can we say?
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If there's somewhere else, you need to be, say so.
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Have to get going I'm late for something
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You'll hear: I've got to get going. I have to get going. I gotta go.
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I think we all know that people may or may not be telling the truth when they say, "I've gotta go."
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But if they say this, it's a signal to end the conversation.
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Second, you can simply say, "I'm sorry. Now's not a good time."
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This works on the phone. For example, your friend calls, you don't want to ignore their call,
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so you answer and say:
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If a topic is rather serious and you want to postpone it, you can say:
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Can we talk about this later?
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Maybe someone is bringing up a topic that you want to talk about when there's more privacy. Over the phone you can say:
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Sometimes people aren't prepared for a discussion. This could happen at a business meeting.
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Did you know that "table" could be a verb?
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We have the expression "to table a discussion."
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This means to postpone it you set it aside and you want to address it at a later time.
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So "to table a discussion" is an appropriate expression for the workplace.
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Of all the expressions, this one is the most formal.
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Here are the expressions again. Repeat after me.
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I gotta be going/ I gotta get going.
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Well, we're going to end here. I'm sure I'll have more lessons like these in the future, but for now
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I hope I've given you enough to study.
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I think all the expressions you learned in this lesson and the past lessons will help you boost your
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conversation skills. If you know others who would appreciate learning more expressions in English,
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