Name: How to politely exit a conversation in English | Learn English with Cambridge
Uploaded: 2020-06-01T08:25:06.000Z
Duration: 3 min 27 s
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Hi, I'm George, and today we're going to learn how to politely exit a conversation.

Did I tell you about my cat's birthday last week?

Some of the local cats came round, and we had a little party.

Did you know that cats don't even eat cake, bet you didn't?

Max is a nice guy, but he does waffle a lot.

How can I exit the conversation without being rude?

Anyway, I've started giving her this new type of food.

Before, we'd always used dried food, but then someone…

It's been nice chatting to you, Max, but I've really got to get back to work.

When exiting a conversation in a formal situation, for example, at work, you can start by saying: "Well, it's been really nice chatting to you."

Or :"Well, it's been nice talking to you, but …"

And then you can explain why you need to leave the conversation.

For example, you can say: "I've really got to get back to work," or "I've really got to finish my essay."

That day, Max continued to try to talk to me about his cat.

George, I was just trying to tell you before, we've actually got her on the dry food now.

If you're trying to exit a conversation in the street, you can apologize first, and then explain that you urgently need to be somewhere else.

For example: "I'm really sorry, but I've gotta run."

In this sentence, we push got to together to make gotta.

Or you can say: "I'm really sorry, but I should probably get going."

"Should probably" in this sentence, makes it sound like you don't want to leave the conversation, but you have to.

This is actually her third birthday, and we got her…

If you want to leave the conversation, but you aren't going to leave the room, you can introduce the person to someone else by saying,

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Also, if you're interested in learning how to start a conversation, you can check out Greg's video linked in the description below.