Making Out in English: (English Phrasebook)

By Richard Crownover

Making Out in English is a fun, accessible and thorough English phrase book and guide to the English language as it's really spoken.

English classes and textbooks tend to spend a lot of time rehearsing for the same fictitious scenarios but chances are while in America or England you will spend a lot more time trying to make new friends or start new romances--something you may not be prepared for.

If you are a student, businessman or tourist traveling to the English speaking world and would like to have an authentic and meaningful experience, the key is being able to speak like a local. This friendly and easy-to-use English phrasebook makes this possible. Making Out in English has been revised and redesigned to act as a guide to modern colloquial English for use in everyday informal interactions--giving access to the sort of catchy English expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials. In the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with.

This English phrasebook includes:

• A guide to pronouncing English words correctly.
• Explanations of basic English grammar.
• Complete translations.
• Useful and interesting notes on the English language and culture.
• Lots of colorful, fun and useful expressions not covered in other phrasebooks.

Titles in this unique series of bestselling phrase books include: Making Out in Chinese, Making Out in Indonesian, Making Out in Thai, Making Out in Korean, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Japanese, Making Out in Vietnamese, Making Out in Burmese, Making Out in Tagalog, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Arabic, Making Out in English, More Making Out in Korean, and More Making Out in Japanese.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Release date: Dec 20, 2011
• ISBN: 9781462902859

Book preview

Preface

More and more Japanese are going abroad for pleasure, study, and work, where they meet people and develop a variety of relationships that range from casual to intimate.

Most of these overseas travelers speak English well enough to communicate about basic things. However, they generally have not had the opportunity to learn the special expressions and ways of speaking that are common among teenagers and adults in Western countries.

This book contains dialogues and vocabulary that involve men and women initiating, and already in, intimate relationships, as well as casual office chatter.

Making out, used in the title of this book, is a colloquialism that can mean engaging in sexual intercourse, engaging in activity such as touching and kissing that may lead to sexual intercourse, going through the early stages of developing a relationship, as well as engaging in other activities that are going well, such as looking for a job.

The phrase is most commonly used in its references to male-female relationships, and when used in such sentences as did you make out with him / her? it generally means did you have sex with him / her. It may, however, mean did you engage in petting—which refers to kissing and fondling.

Many of the intimate conversations among pairs and groups of young men and women involve talk about making out, who is making out with whom, and who one would like to make out with. Older people, especially those who are still single, also use the phrase.

Married men and women as well use the phrase when referring to having intimate relationships with someone else, and when hitting on someone else—that is, trying to initiate an intimate relationship with someone by courting them with sweet words, gifts, and entertainment, etc.

Knowing the most effective vocabulary, and being able to express one’s self in interesting and clever ways, are very important in making out in love as well as in other relationships, including business.

Richard Crownover

Making new friends is a very informal and casual thing in most countries around the world. When you are in an informal situation, such as on a school campus, in a bar or club, or at some kind of public event, and see someone you would like to meet, who is alone or not accompanied by a member of the opposite sex, it is common to simply walk up to the person and start a conversation. Of course, this approach may not result in you making a new friend, but if you do it politely and diplomatically it won’t hurt to try, and you may be lucky…

[$ indicates a male speaking;! indicates a female. The rest of the dialogues may be used by both male and female.]

Hello!

Good morning!

Good afternoon!

Good evening!

I / we would very much like to meet you…! Are you here alone?

Are you here by yourselves?

May I introduce myself?

May we introduce ourselves?

May I introduce my friend?

Please introduce me to your friend.

I’m / we’re new here.

I / we just arrived from Japan.

I’m / we’re very pleased to meet you.

I / we are new students.

I / we have been assigned here by my / our company.

I’m / we’re here on vacation.

My name is…

And this is…

What is your name?

How do you spell your name?

Where do you live?

Do you live with your parents?

No, I / we have my / our own apartment.

Where do you work?

What’s the name of your company?

How long will you be here?

I hope we have