Hi, could you please tell me another phrase that has a similar meaning to ‘keep it up’? I have to create students’ learning profiles and I’d like to use different phrases to encourage them.
Thanks in advance,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]
TOEIC listening, photographs: Down hill skiing[YSaerTTEW443543]
Hi Torsten,
How about:
Carry on the good work/Keep up the good work/Carry on with the good work/Maintain your usual high standard?
A
CONTINUE, MAINTAIN, GO ON,
Yes Alan, that sounds good. I actually was also thinking of something like ‘it seems you are going from strength to strength and I’m sure you will continue that way.’
What do you think of that?
T[YSaerTTEW443543]
TOEIC listening, photographs: Whitewater kayaking[YSaerTTEW443543]
Hi,
Even better! and also 'You’re making great strides …
A
Yes, the ‘stride line’ is a very good one too![YSaerTTEW443543]
TOEIC listening, photographs: The cycle race[YSaerTTEW443543]
What about “you are making good headway”? Is that phrase acceptable too?
Cheers
Olaf
Hi,
Useful phrase in itself but to me it suggests that the person doing it is a bit of a plodder. You know, they’re making progress but it’s a slow business.
A
Here’s my ‘grain of salt’:
(You’re doing an) excellent job. Keep at it!
Good job – you’re making great progress.
You’re progressing in leaps and bounds.
Your hard work is paying off.
Well done. You’re doing (really) well/great/(just) fine/a fantastic job/a cracking job.
.
Now, how about the plodders (Alan’s term)?–
Time to pull up your socks!
Better get it in gear!
Move it or milk it!
Look alive-- the vultures are circling overhead!
Are you going to fool around all day or are you going to study English?
That stunk! Do you want to be a low intermediate all your life?
etc.
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:lol:
MM, I have a sneaky suspicion that students at the receiving end won’t be half as amused as I am by your exhortations!
Could you tell me the ‘mind’ or ‘picture’ or ‘sense’ of the ‘grain of salt’? I have heard a lot of it in such as ‘take it with a grain of salt’ but I am still quite out of its ‘spirit’.
haihao
‘Grain of salt’, as I’ve used it, is a French idiom: mettre son grain de sel, which means ‘put in/throw in your two cents/tuppence (worth)’ or ‘give your opinion’.
The English idiom ‘take something with a grain/pinch of salt’ has a different meaning, which is ‘not to believe something completely’.
What do you think of this:
Your results are great, congratulations!
And what about the word “kudos” – do you use it and if so how?
Another phrase I’ve just remembered is “Keep on trying!”.[YSaerTTEW443543]
TOEIC listening, photographs: Relaxing[YSaerTTEW443543]