1. Simple greetings
Hi!
Hello!
Hello there!
Howdy!
Hey!
Yo! (slang)
2. General greetings
How are you?
How's it going?
How's it been?
How is everything?
How's everything?
How have you been?
How've you been?
How you been? (informal)
How's tricks? (informal) Informal For "How are you?"
e.g. "Hi, how's tricks? " "Oh, fine, how are you doing?"
(reference: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary 2003)
What have you been up to? (နင္/ခင္ဗ်ား ဘာေတြၾကံစည္ေနတာလဲ?) (informal)
be up to sth to be doing something, often something bad or illegal, usually secretly:
She's up to no good (= doing something bad or forbidden) - you can always tell because she
stays in her room.
He looks very suspicious hanging around by the bins - I'm sure he's up to something.
(reference: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary 2003)
What's new? (informal)stays in her room.
He looks very suspicious hanging around by the bins - I'm sure he's up to something.
(reference: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary 2003)
What's up? (informal)
What's happening? (slang)
What's going on? (slang)
3. Greeting for various times of the day
Good morning.
Morning.
Mornin'. (informal)
How are you this bright morning?
Good afternoon.
Afternoon.
Good evening.
Evening.
Excerpt taken from the book "NTC's Dictionary of Everyday American English Expressions"
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