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Could I have, please?

remember say them with a smile say them with a friendly voice and always say please at the end let's go could I have could I have you're in a restaurant and you ask the waiter c...

Course: Sounding polite and considerateSection: Polite ways to ask for thingsSubtitles: en

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want

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remember say them with a smile say them

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with a friendly voice and always say

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please at the end let's go could I have

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could I have you're in a restaurant and

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you ask the waiter could I have some

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water please could I have some water

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please

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this is a little bit more polite than

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can I have

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can I have some water please can I have

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some water please we could also say

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could you give me could you give me

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another knife please could you give me

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another knife please again instead of

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could we can use can can you give me

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another knife please can you give me

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another knife please

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another expression it's simply saying

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what you would like I would like I would

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like it's a much more polite way of

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saying I want so if we're asking for

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something we always use this expression

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I'd like I'd like the steak please I'd

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like I would like

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I'd like the steak please now saying

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please is so important when you're

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asking for things what

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