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Modern English Sentences – Part 1

 

Modern English Sentences 


Hey All,

Today, let’s see some Modern English Sentences instead of the most heard and common phrases to spice up your Daily Conversations.






1. Usual:- I have not seen you for a long time.
    Modern:- Long time- No see


2. Usual:- I prefer to work in the night.
    Modern:- I am a Night Owl.  (A person who habitually works in the nights.)


3.  Usual :- I will show you how to do it.
     Modern:- I will walk you through it. 


4.  Usual :- I feel guilty about it 
     Modern:- It really pricks my conscience(Conscience – Moral sense of right and wrong)


5.  Usual  :- I can’t come tomorrow.
     Modern:-  I can’t make it tomorrow.


6.  Usual:- Keep quiet.
     Modern:- Zip your lips.


7.  Usual :-  I am good/ I am fine.
     Modern:- I couldn’t be better.


8.  Usual:-  I don’t know
     Modern:- I have no clue/ God Knows


9.  Usual:- I am going to school
     Modern:- I am heading to school.


10. Usual:-  She loves books.
      Modern:- She is fond of books.


11. Usual:- I cannot breathe.
      Modern:- I am gasping.


12. Usual:- I am very hungry.
     Modern:- I am ravenous/I am starving.


13. Usual:-  He knows to teach really well.
      Modern:-  He knows it inside out.


14. Usual:- Please wait.
      Modern:- Hold your horses please.


15. Usual:-  My day was very good.
      Modern:- It was my day. 


Catch you soon with the second part…..
Janet