Useful Expressions

Avoiding giving information

Sometimes somebody asks you a question and you don't want give the answer. If you know the answer but you don't want them to know, you can use one of these ten phrases.

Ten Expressions to Use In Speaking And Writing

1. No comment.
2. I'm not at liberty to say.
3. Wait and see.
4. Let me get back to you.
5. I'm sorry, that's confidential.
6. (Sorry) That's personal.
7. I'd rather not talk about it.
8. Mind your own buisness.
9. Never you mind.
10. I'll tell you when you're older.

How To Use These Phrases In Your English

1. Phrase 1 is often used by politicians and celebrities when they are asked difficult or embarrassing questions by journalists.
2. We use phrases 2 and 5 to say there is a rule that prevents you giving information.
3. Phrase 3 is refusing to tell somebody something about the near future. We often use it when we are preparing a surprise for somebody.
4. Phrase 6 is telling the other person that you consider the information to be private. You are also criticising the other person for asking.
5. Phrase 7 is a more polite way to say that the information is private and you don't want to talk about it.
6. Phrases 8 and 9 are not very polite and are criticising the other person for asking for private information.
7. Parents often say phrase 10 to their children to avoid answering difficult or embarrasing questions. Usually they have no intention of ever answering the question.

Useful Expressions

Avoiding giving information

Sometimes somebody asks you a question and you don't want give the answer. If you know the answer but you don't want them to know, you can use one of these ten phrases.

Ten Expressions to Use In Speaking And Writing

1. No comment.
2. I'm not at liberty to say.
3. Wait and see.
4. Let me get back to you.
5. I'm sorry, that's confidential.
6. (Sorry) That's personal.
7. I'd rather not talk about it.
8. Mind your own buisness.
9. Never you mind.
10. I'll tell you when you're older.

How To Use These Phrases In Your English

1. Phrase 1 is often used by politicians and celebrities when they are asked difficult or embarrassing questions by journalists.
2. We use phrases 2 and 5 to say there is a rule that prevents you giving information.
3. Phrase 3 is refusing to tell somebody something about the near future. We often use it when we are preparing a surprise for somebody.
4. Phrase 6 is telling the other person that you consider the information to be private. You are also criticising the other person for asking.
5. Phrase 7 is a more polite way to say that the information is private and you don't want to talk about it.
6. Phrases 8 and 9 are not very polite and are criticising the other person for asking for private information.
7. Parents often say phrase 10 to their children to avoid answering difficult or embarrasing questions. Usually they have no intention of ever answering the question.

Idioms

an egghead: a very intelligent person.

"Jake didn't make very good grades in school, but his sister was a real egghead."

 go with the flow: take things as they come.

"There's no need to worry. Everything will be OK if you just go with the flow."

 get going: leave.

"Look at the time! I'd better get going!"

 get a kick out of something: find something amusing.(=enjoy)

"I really get a kick out of listening to children talk. They say some very funny things."

 get on one's nerves: irritate someone; make someone upset.

"I know you like that song, but it's getting on my nerves. Can you play something else?"

 get a move on: hurry

"If you don't want to be late, you'd better get a move on."

 get one's wires crossed: be confused or mistaken about something.

A: "Bill said there was a meeting this morning. Don't we have one?"
B: "No. The meeting's tomorrow. I guess Bill got his wires crossed."

 grab a bite: get something to eat.

"I'm really hungry. Would you like to grab a bite with me?

Idioms

an egghead: a very intelligent person.

"Jake didn't make very good grades in school, but his sister was a real egghead."

 go with the flow: take things as they come.

"There's no need to worry. Everything will be OK if you just go with the flow."

 get going: leave.

"Look at the time! I'd better get going!"

 get a kick out of something: find something amusing.(=enjoy)

"I really get a kick out of listening to children talk. They say some very funny things."

 get on one's nerves: irritate someone; make someone upset.

"I know you like that song, but it's getting on my nerves. Can you play something else?"

 get a move on: hurry

"If you don't want to be late, you'd better get a move on."

 get one's wires crossed: be confused or mistaken about something.

A: "Bill said there was a meeting this morning. Don't we have one?"
B: "No. The meeting's tomorrow. I guess Bill got his wires crossed."

 grab a bite: get something to eat.

"I'm really hungry. Would you like to grab a bite with me?

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Party was paying ex-treasurer compensation as well as covering social security costs.

Since the scandal broke involving the earnings of Luis Bárcenas and the alleged slush fund he controlled, the Popular Party (PP) has insisted that it broke off relations with the former treasurer in 2009, when he stepped down from that role on a temporary basis. But it has emerged that not only did Bárcenas receive preferential treatment from the party until a month ago — with an office for his documents at the party’s headquarters in downtown Madrid, as well as a secretary in the same building, paid for by the PP — but that he also was being paid a monthly amount by the party until the end of 2012.

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