和老外沟通，英语卡住不用怕！学会这几句，长话短说没问题

• What’s the word/phrase/expression I’m looking for?:  什么词、说法能最贴切地表达我的意思？

• “What am I trying to say?” might make you sound clueless: “What am I trying to say?”让人感觉你自己也不知道自己在说什么

• What's the word I'm looking for? Don’t remind me/Don’t tell me: 我想说什么来着？别提醒我

It shows that you really care: 说这句话表明你很认真的在思考

When you use this phrase, you're also not expecting an answer, but asking yourself instead: 说这句话通常不是真的在提问, 而是在给自己时间过渡

• How should I put it?: 怎么表达最恰当？

This phrase shows that you’re looking for the best expression: 这句话让人感觉你是在寻找最恰当的表达方式

It also gives a heads-up that you’re about to say something that might be a bit tricky to explain: 同时也提醒对方，你接下来要讲的内容是比较复杂的

• It’s on the tip of my tongue: 我想说的就在嘴边

tip of my tongue：舌头边

“The tip of my tongue” is such a great image, as if the word is hiding on the tip of your tongue and it wants to he heard: “The tip of my tongue”特别形象，好像词真的就在你舌尖，马上就要蹦出来一样

如果前一秒还记得，但突然忘了要说的，可以说：

• I just had it: 我刚才还记得的

可以用“I forgot”吗？

"I forgot" is in the same category as “What am I trying to say?”: “I forgot”跟“What am I trying to say?”一样，都不是最佳的填充对话空白的方式

It make you sound lazy and uninterested: 因为这个说法让你显得心不在焉

It shows that you’re not actively engaging in the conversation: 给人你不是很想聊天的感觉

如果你想了半天还是想不起来要说的，可以说：

• It’s just not coming to me: 这个词就是怎么都想不起来啊

This is a very good alternative of “I forgot”: 这个听起来比“I forgot”好多了

也可以说：

• It slipped my mind: 我疏忽了、忘了

If something slipped your mind, you most likely forgot about it or forgot to do it: 这个词组表示把某件事给忘了，并不是说脑子卡壳一下子想不起来

“It’s Father’s Day? It completely slipped my mind”: 今天是父亲节? 我彻底给忘了

如果需要时间组织语言，直说也可以：                                                          1

• Just give me a second: 容我想一想