Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts (58 page)

Give me a call
.
AND
Give me a ring
.
Please call me (later) on the telephone.
M
ARY
: See you later, Fred. F
RED
: Give me a call if you
get a chance.
“When you're in town again, Sue, give me a call,” said John
.
B
OB
: When should we talk about this again? B
ILL
: Next week is soon enough. Give me a ring.

Give me a chance! 1
.
Please give me an opportunity to do this!
M
ARY
: I just know I can do it. Oh, please give me a chance! S
UE
: All right. Just one more chance
.
B
OB
: Do you think you can do it? J
ANE
: Oh, I know I can. Just give me a chance!
2
.
Please give me a fair chance and enough time to complete the task.
A
LICE
: Come on! I need more time. Give me a chance! J
ANE
: Would another ten minutes help?
B
OB
: You missed that one! B
ILL
: You moved it! There was no way I could hit it. Give me a chance! Hold it still!

Give me a ring
.
Go to Give me a call.

Give me five
!
AND
Give me (some) skin!; Skin me!; Slip me five!; Slip me some skin
!
Shake my hand!; Slap my hand in greeting! (Slang.)
“Yo, Tom! Give me five!” shouted Henry, raising his hand
.
B
OB
: Hey, man! Skin me! B
ILL
: How you doing, Bob?

Give me (some) skin
!
Go to Give me five!

Give my best to
someone.
AND
All the best to
someone. Please convey my good wishes to a particular person. (The
someone
can be a person's name or a pronoun. See also Say hello to someone (for me).)
A
LICE
: Good-bye, Fred. Give my best to your mother. F
RED
: Sure, Alice. Good-bye
.
T
OM
: See you, Bob. B
OB
: Give my best to Jane. T
OM
: I sure will. Bye
.
B
ILL
: Bye, Rachel. All the best to your family. R
ACHEL
: Thanks. Bye.