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English for Tourism & Hospitality (102) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh

The expression “Catch up” sounds a lot like
ketchup, the sauce you eat on French fries, but no.
The expression “to catch up” means a few
different things.
For example, “I’ll catch up with you later” I’ll
catch up with you later means “I’ll join you later.”
Your American friend might tell you “You go on
to Starbucks, and I’ll catch up with you
later.” You go to Starbucks now, and I’ll join
you later.
Or if you have to end a conversation, with a
colleague before a meeting, you can say “Listen,
let’s catch up after the meeting. I want to ask
you about….” Listen, let’s catch up after the
meeting, and it means “let’s continue the
conversation later.”

Exercise:

Which of the following expressions makes the
dialogue natural:

1. You haven’t finished the conversation with your
friend, you tell him/her:

a. What you want to do is
b. How come you didn’t show up at my birthday party?
c. Let’s catch up later
d. I was like

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