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Informal emails and messages
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hi/Hello/Dear | we can begin an informal email or letter |
| she`s a laugh | a funny person |
| I`m hoping to | I`m planning/intending to |
| I`ll be in touch | make contact, e.g. by phone, email or text |
| you fancy seeing | want (to see) infml |
| give/send my regards to | say hello to smn from me |
| give/send my love to | with family members and very close friends we say hello to smn |
| and once again | again, as before (here it is used to say thank you one more time) |
| Love/Lots of Love | we can end an informal email/letter to a close friend or family member with |
| Best wishes/All the best | when we end a letter or email to a friend |
| it`s been ages since | a long time; from a time in the past until now |
| want to let you know | tell you |
| in two weeks` time | two weeks from now |
| actually/in fact | to give more exact information, as in the letter; to say something which is surprising or different from what you expect, e.g. He looks Italian, but actually he’s not |
| The land is currently for sale | |
| get together | meet for a social reason |
| could join us | come with us |
| Anyway | used to change the subject or end a conversation/letter |