ECSTRA/Leave-Taking

roltaco Typical forms:

1. forms to say good-bye

1.1. informally
1.2. formally

2. ways to bring the conversation to an end

2.1. a simple "Ok, good-bye now"
2.2. a phrase like "I want to go now"
2.3. a phrase like "I have to go now, I have to do something else"
2.4. a phrase like "It's already late now"
2.5. a phrase like "I don't want to bother you any longer"
2.6. a phrase like "We've already talked for too long"
2.7. you say what you have to do now (if there really is something)
2.8. you invent a reason
2.9. other strategies

3. does the interlocutor let you go or does s/he first try to persuade you to stay?


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