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hi everyone thanks for clicking i'm the
haruka and in today's lesson we are
gonna look at some expressions to ask
someone to wait
now when do you do that
you know at times we are busy with
something and we are unable to attend a
person at that very moment
so you end up asking that person to wait
so do you end up saying wait or be
patient
no you don't do that now in english we
do have some phrases to ask someone to
wait so that's what we are gonna learn
today so let's get started
the very first phrase that we have for
you is hang on a moment
or hold on
now both of these expressions are
informal expressions
but then they sound pretty polite
so it's okay to use in a formal
situation as well
so if someone calls you and you're busy
so you'll ask him to wait by saying hang
on a moment or hold on
all right you can do that over the phone
and as well as in person
so if you are able to get back in couple
of seconds or in few minutes or in a
short period then use the phrase that
hang on a moment or hold on alright
let's have a look at second phrase here
i'll be right with you
now this expression is just perfect if
you belong to a customer service
industry
for example a customer is here to wait
uh is here to meet you
and you want him to wait maybe you're
doing something and you'll be only able
to attend this person in few minutes
so you're not gonna again say be patient
or wait
no you're gonna say i'll be right with
you so this is a very polite expression
and it's just perfect if you are into
customer service all right so you just
want to get done with the work that
you're doing
and attend this customer on immediate
basis
so
use the phrase i'll be right with you
and also make sure to use the right tone
you cannot say i'll be right with you
now that's wrong you're gonna say i'll
be right with you you're gonna be nice
and polite
another one is bear with me
now again this expression can be used
over the telephone and as well as in
person
now bear with me is probably
a perfect expression to be used when you
are really busy and it's taking long for
you to get back okay so it's not for
short period that you're asking that
person to wait
hang on a moment or hold on is perfect
if you are gonna get back to that person
in just a short period
but when you say bear with me it means
that you are gonna take a little longer
so you're going to take a longer time
so you would say bear with me so the
actual meaning or the literal meaning of
this phrase is like be patient
like i said you cannot end up telling
someone or asking someone to be patient
a better phrase to use is bear with me
okay
so it actually means to be
patient
all right
let's have a look at another one
let me see
okay
now when do you use this phrase let me
see someone comes up to you and asks you
a question
now when you end up saying ah let me see
it means that you're buying time to
think
so you're not directly asking that
person to wait
okay but you're actually buying time to
think so for example
a person comes to you
and
asks you that hey do you have any
messages for me
and
probably yes you have some messages for
this person
but you just can't remember so you'll
say
uh let me see
and then you go tell him that yes there
are a couple of messages for you
so let me see is or can be used when you
are buying time to think all right and
make sure that when you use this
expression within couple of seconds or
within couple of minutes you end up
saying what you have to okay you can't
just take forever it has to be done
quick
another expression that i have for you
is all in good time
now when do you use this expression
now when
you want enough time to
do something okay or finish your work or
to finish up with something
like for example
your daughter comes in and says hey mom
i'm starving is the dinner ready yet
mom says all in good time
so all in good time it means that you
know you need enough time
to cook something really nice for your
daughter okay so that's how you would
use this expression
or another example
your boss
gives you a project to work on
and he says well when are you going to
finish this
so you would end up saying all in good
time so this means that you need enough
time to do a good job on this project so
you're buying enough time from that
person to do something better right so
go ahead and use this expression as and
when required all right so these are a
couple of expressions that would help
you to ask someone to wait
now when the person is done waiting
what do you say
well here are some expressions
the first one
i apologize for the delay
so maybe you were in a meeting and
someone else was waiting outside for you
yes maybe your secretary said
he'll be right with you but it took a
little longer for you to attend that
person
so
you are gonna apologize and how do you
do that you're gonna say i apologize for
the delay
right
another one thank you so much for
waiting
now here
you appreciate that person's time that
person waited for you till the time you
finished your work
so you're gonna thank him to do so
the expression that you will end up
using
is thank you so much for waiting
and then the last expression that i have
for you is again apologizing
so how do you do that sorry to keep you
waiting
again this expression can be used when
that person has been waiting for you for
a real long time
so either you can say thank you so much
for waiting
it means that you appreciate his time
and
then you can say by apologizing
sorry to keep you waiting
all right so please do that this really
shows your manners so it's not just that
you're asking that person to wait
but when that person really waits
appreciate that time so these are the
expressions that you can end up using in
your daily situations so let's just
quickly revise them
when you want someone to wait you're
gonna say hang on a moment or hold on
or you can say i'll be right with you
or you can say bear with me
another one
let me see
and then the last one is
all in good time okay so these are the
expressions when you want someone to
wait
and then the other three expressions are
thanking and apologizing because that
person really waited for you so i
apologize for the delay
thank you so much for waiting
and then the last one that i have for
you is sorry to keep you waiting all
right so hope these expressions are
really helpful to you and i'll be back
with a new lesson till then you take
care
you