Phrases & Expressions

A statement that money paid for an item will not be returned.

• All sales final, no refunds.
• Please note: no refunds on sale items.

A polite response when someone says "no offense" or apologizes for something.

• No offense, but that dress doesn't suit you. None taken.
• No offence, but I don't think your plan will work. None taken.

Said at customs to mean that a person is not carrying goods that must be reported.

• At the airport, we walked through the "nothing to declare" exit.
• "Do you have anything to declare?" "No, nothing to declare."

Used to express approval when someone finally suggests something good or agreeable.

• You want to offer me free tickets to the concert? Now you're talking!
• You'd like to offer me a $10,000 raise and a corner office? Now you're talking!

A pricing system in which customers pay only as much as they can afford.

• The café operates on a pay what you can basis.
• It's a pay what you can restaurant to help everyone.

Used in an email to indicate that a document or file is attached.

• Please find attached the requested document.
• Please find attached my resume for your review.

A lifestyle characterized by peace, quiet, and lack of stress or excitement.

• They moved to the country for a quiet life.
• She dreams of a quiet life away from the city.

(radio) Said by a pilot to tell ATC that the aircraft is ready to take off.

• Tower, TC-ABC, holding point runway 05, ready for departure.
• The aircraft is ready for departure.

Fully prepared to take off; said of an aircraft or its crew.

• The pilot announced the plane was ready for takeoff.
• After the de-icing, the aircraft was ready for takeoff.

Approximately; without exact details or precision.

• Roughly speaking, it will take an hour.
• Roughly speaking, there were fifty people.