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/