1. How’s it going?

/haʊz ɪt ˈgəʊɪŋ/

2. How are you doing?

/haʊ ə jʊ ˈduːɪŋ/

3. How’s life?

/haʊz laɪf/

4. How are things?

/haʊ ə θɪŋz/

5. What are you up to?

/wɒt ə jʊ ʌp tʊ/

6. What have you been up to?

/wɒt həv jʊ biːn ʌp tʊ/

7. Working a lot

/ˈwɜːkɪŋ ə lɒt/

8. Studying a lot

/ˈstʌdɪɪŋ ə lɒt/

9. I’ve been very busy

/aɪv biːn ˈverɪ ˈbɪzɪ/

10. Same as usual

/seɪm æz ˈjuːʒʊəl/

11. Do you have any plans for the summer?

/duː jʊ həv ˈenɪ plænz fə ðə ˈsʌmə/

12. Do you smoke?

/duː jʊ sməʊk/

13. I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name

/aɪm ˈsɒrɪ aɪ dɪdnt kæʧ jə neɪm/

14. Do you know each other?

/duː jʊ nəʊ iːʧ ˈʌðə/

15. How do you know each other?

/haʊ duː jʊ nəʊ iːʧ ˈʌðə/

16. We work together

/wi wɜːk təˈgeðə/

17. We used to work together

/wi juːst tə wɜːk təˈgeðə/

18. We went to university together

/wi went tə ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ təˈgeðə/

19. Through friends

/θruː frendz/

20. I was born in Australia but grew up in England

/aɪ wəz bɔːn ɪn ɒˈstreɪliə bʌt gruː ʌp ɪn ˈɪŋɡlənd/

21. What brings you to England?

/wɒt brɪŋz jʊ tʊ ˈɪŋɡlənd/