“All right man, take it easy!”

You ran into a friend from college on the street and made small talk for a few minutes. Now you're leaving. You say:

All right man, take it easy!

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“Keep in touch!”

One of the students at your English language school is moving back to his home country. Some of the students contributed to buy him a gift. On the card for the gift, you want to write a nice, friendly message. You write:

Keep in touch!

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“Have a good one!”

You're leaving work for the weekend on a Friday afternoon. You see someone who you work with, but don't know very well. You nod and say goodbye this way:

Have a good one!

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“Here. Take an extra one, just in case.”

Your nephew came over to visit. Now he's leaving to go back home. It's a long drive, so you gave him something to drink. Now you think that he might need another drink, so you hand him another one and say:

Here. Take an extra one, just in case.

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“All right, we'll pick it back up in the morning.”

You've been working hard on a project at work all afternoon, and one of your team members suggests that you should call it a day. You agree, and you want to tell everyone that you should all continue working on it again in the morning. You say:

All right, we'll pick it back up in the morning.

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“Guys, let's call it a day.”

You're working on a project with a few other people at work. You've all been working hard all afternoon, and now it's getting late. You think you should stop working on it for today, so you suggest:

Guys, let's call it a day.

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“I'd just like to say, on behalf of everyone here, good luck in your new home.”

You've organized a party at a restaurant for a friend of yours who's moving to another part of the country. You've gotten everyone's attention, and now you want to officially say some nice things about your friend. You say:

I'd just like to say, on behalf of everyone here, good luck in your new home.

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“OK. Well, it was a pleasure meeting you.”

You met someone at a party and were talking with them for a few minutes. Now she has signalled that she's going to end the conversation and go talk to other people. You want to say "goodbye" to her politely. You say:

OK. Well, it was a pleasure meeting you.

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“Well listen, I'm going to go mingle a bit.”

You're at a party with lots of people. You've been standing and talking with someone for a few minutes, but now you want to end the conversation so that you can talk to other people as well. You say:

 Well listen, I'm going to go mingle a bit.

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“How awkward!”

You were coming out of the elevator and said "goodbye" to one of your coworkers. But then you both started walking in the same direction. It's strange to say "goodbye" before you actually leave someone, so it makes you uncomfortable. You want to make a joke about it to make yourselves more comfortable. You say:

How awkward!

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