II.

Use gap - fillers to buy time and not leave blanks in conversation:

1. If I don't know the answer to something, I could say:

Let me cry..." "Let me sit..." "Let me see..." "Let me wait..

2. If someone asks a difficult question and you need time to think about the answer, you
could say:

"Now let me meditate about that..." "Now let me speak about that..." "Now let
me talk about that..." "Now let me think about that..."

3. If someone is saying something that you don't agree with and you want to give your
opinion, you could say:

"Just an hour ... " "Just a minute! ..." "Just now! ..

4. If you are describing something, you can give yourself thinking time by saying: “ It`s...

sort of... sort off... sorted of...

5. If someone does not understand you, before you start to explain yourself again, you
could say:

"What I'm trying to mutter is..." "What I'm trying to tell is..." "What I'm trying
to say is..." "What I'm trying to talk is..."

6. To get someone to stop talking. I could say in a forceful voice:

Now then, look here..." "Now next, look here..." "Now slowly, look here..."

7. To find a different way of saying something, I could say:

"What's the word for looking?" "What's the word I'm looking for?" "What's
the language I'm looking for?"