“All right, well I guess I should be going.”
You've been hanging out at a friend's house on a Saturday afternoon. You've been there for several hours, so you feel like it's time for you to leave. You say this to start leaving.
All right, well I guess I should be going.
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Well
There are several uses for the word "well". One important use is to show that you are ready to finish a conversation. The end of a conversation might go something like this:
A: Well, I look forward to working with you.
B: Yeah, me too.
A: See you around.
B: Bye.
Some other examples of "well" used to end a conversation are:
I guess (something is true)
Use "I guess..." to express that you've just started to think something. For example, you can use it when:
- you read the instructions for something, and now you think you can explain how to do it
- a friend has been trying to convince you to go to a party, and you've finally been convinced to go
- you've been waiting for a long time for someone to call you, and now you've decided that they're not going to call.
Here are some examples:
Hmm. They're not here. I guess they got tired of waiting.
All right
This is an expression that people use near the end of a conversation. For example, if you're visiting someone and you think that it's time for you to leave, you can say:
All right, well I guess I should be going.
"All right" can be said in response to something that another person says. For example:
But you can also say "all right" on its own to show that you're ready to end the conversation, even if no one else has said anything.
I should be going.
"I should be going" is something that you say when you're ready to leave a conversation or a meeting. "I should be going" is polite, but it can sound either friendly or cold, depending on how you say it.
You can also say "I should get going."