Phrases & Expressions

Specific food requirements due to health, allergies, or personal choices.

• Please inform us of any dietary needs.
• The caterer can accommodate most dietary needs.

To help someone by doing something kind for them.

• Could you do me a favour and post this letter?
• He did me a favour by lending me his car.

To buy and sell things, especially as a job.

• Our company does business with twenty countries.
• It's a pleasure doing business with you.

To study a subject in detail.

• She's doing research on climate change.
• I need to do more research.

To earn enough money to live.

• He earns a living by writing.
• How do you earn a living?

To feel comfortable somewhere.

• I hope you will feel at home here.
• I feel at home in this city.

To feel very ill.

• I feel awful today, so I'm staying in bed.
• He felt awful after eating too much cake.

to feel uncomfortable in a social situation

• I felt embarrassed in front of everyone.
• Don't feel embarrassed about it.

to feel thankful for something someone has done

• I feel grateful for your help.
• She feels grateful every day.

To feel bad about doing wrong.

• I feel guilty about lying.
• Don't feel guilty, it wasn't your fault.