detto în engleză:

Never say never.

You say you want to go to Boston? Why in the world would you want to go there?

I don't think there is any excuse for his behavior. At the same time, we should listen to what he has to say.

They say you shouldn't take rumors seriously, but that's easier said than done.

My friends always say I'm too calm, but my family always says I'm too annoying.

He and I have a near-telepathic understanding of each other. No sooner does one of us say something than the other is already responding.

Air as well as sunlight is, needless to say, indispensable to our daily life.

My neighbors say they're going on a family trip to Hokkaido.

Jingle Bells, a popular song around Christmas time, is not really a Christmas song. The lyrics say nothing about Christmas.

You may not learn to speak as well as a native speaker, but you should be able to speak well enough that native speakers will understand what you have to say.

If anyone should phone, say I will be back at one o'clock.

You say I should know him quite well, but as a matter of fact, I was introduced to him only last week.

All you ever do is nitpick. I wish you could say something more constructive.

You say Nessie is an imaginary being, but I think she exists.

Quit talking like you've got something stuck in your mouth and say what you mean.

He told deliberate lies.

After she filled out the application, the records clerk told her that the fee was eight dollars.

He didn't tell a lie. As a matter of fact, he told the whole truth.

When both girls told John they had feelings for him, he was in a quandary as to which girl he should be with.

The doctor told you to stay in bed until your fever goes down, didn't he?

Babies can become dehydrated from a high fever, so I was told that it would be better to send him to the hospital.

He hadn't been in the office five minutes before he told us what to do.

What they said to you is exactly the opposite of what they told me yesterday.

He told me his address, but unfortunately I had no paper to write it down on.

At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.

You'd be amazed how many times I've told Tom not to do that.

Tom was afraid of getting in trouble if he told Mary where he had really been.

I'm told "idiot" is a bad word, but where I grew up it doesn't really feel that bad.

What he told us the other day simply doesn't make sense, does it?

Tom seemed genuinely surprised when I told him that Mary had left town.