* 10 Secrets

10.1ï¿½ï¿½ When you share a secret with somebody

Can you keep a secret?ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½I am going to tell you something that I want you to keep a secret.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ (used with can or could)ï¿½ï¿½ < ï¿½ ï¿½Sure!ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Then listen. Iï¿½m pregnant.ï¿½>

Confidentiallyï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½In a private manner, between ourselves.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Confidentially, Iï¿½m not sure if the mother knows all the truth about her daughter. Please keep our little secret private.ï¿½>

Iï¿½m telling you this in confidence.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½Iï¿½m telling you this in secrecy, privately.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ < ï¿½ ï¿½Whatï¿½s going on?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Tom and I are engaged.ï¿½>

Iï¿½m telling you this in the strictest of confidence.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ < ï¿½ ï¿½Donï¿½t worry. Iï¿½ll never tell anyone.ï¿½>

Can you swear on your motherï¿½s grave?ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ < ï¿½ ï¿½Sure. What happened?ï¿½>

Just between you and me.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Iï¿½m looking for a new job. Just between you and me.ï¿½>

Keep a seal on it.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½I am strapped for cash. Iï¿½m selling my collection. Keep a seal on it.ï¿½>

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10.2ï¿½ï¿½ When you ask a person to keep a secret

This is top secret.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½This information is highly confidential.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½You canï¿½t disclose the contents of this memorandum to anyone. This is top secret.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½I understand.ï¿½>

This is for your eyes only.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Iï¿½m giving this report to you for a few hours. This is for your eyes only.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Trust me. It wonï¿½t leave this room.ï¿½>

This is for your ears only.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Can you keep a secret?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Sure.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½This is for your ears only. Jim is in jail again.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Wow. Well, I wonï¿½t tell a soul.ï¿½>

This is off the record.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½This should not be publicly reported.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½This is off the record.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½What happened?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Our boss has just got fired. Weï¿½re going to have a new department manager on Monday.ï¿½>

This is not for the record.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½This is not for the record. I submitted my resignation to the board of directors. It has not been approved yet.ï¿½>

This is not to be quoted.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½The Senator is not going to run for President. This is not to be quoted.ï¿½>

This is not for public disclosure.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Iï¿½ve heard the rumor that youï¿½re looking for a new job.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Thatï¿½s right. But this is not for public disclosure.ï¿½>

This is not for publication.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½I want to show you our new results. This is not for publication.ï¿½>

Donï¿½t say I told you.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Sue has broken up with her boyfriend. Donï¿½t say I told you.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Of course not! You know me.ï¿½>

Donï¿½t say who told you.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½A group of my friends went to Las Vegas for the weekend. Donï¿½t say who told you.ï¿½>

Donï¿½t let it out of this room.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Have you heard about Sheryl and Bob? ï¿½ ï¿½No. Tell me.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½They eloped. Donï¿½t let it out of this room.ï¿½>

Donï¿½t let the cat out of the bag.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½Donï¿½t reveal the secret.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Is it true that our company is practically bankrupt?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Yes. However, donï¿½t let the cat out of the bag. People donï¿½t need to be nervous.ï¿½>

Donï¿½t let this go any further.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Are you really selling your car? Youï¿½re so proud of it!ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Yes, I am. I need money. Donï¿½t let this go any further.ï¿½>

Donï¿½t let this get around.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½If you want to access this website, here are my nickname and password. Donï¿½t let this get around.ï¿½>

Donï¿½t let this get out.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Terryï¿½s husband is drinking again. Donï¿½t let this get out.ï¿½>

Donï¿½t tell a soul.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½Donï¿½t tell anybody about it.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Are you engaged with your boyfriend?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Yes. Donï¿½t tell a soul. Itï¿½s out secret.ï¿½>

Donï¿½t breathe a word of this to anyone.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½Donï¿½t tell any of this to anyone.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Maryï¿½s wedding has been cancelled. Donï¿½t breathe a word of this to anyone.ï¿½>

Keep quiet about it.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½Donï¿½t tell anybody about it.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Your niece Lucy ran away from home. Keep quiet about it.ï¿½>

Keep it to yourself.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Iï¿½m sharing this information with you in strict confidence. Keep it to yourself.ï¿½>

Keep your mouth shut.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Are you in trouble financially?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Yes, Iï¿½m in debt. Keep your mouth shut about it.ï¿½>

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10.3ï¿½ï¿½ When you promise to keep a secret

Your secret is safe with me.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½I wonï¿½t tell your secret to anybody.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½This information is very important.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Your secret is safe with me. I swear.ï¿½>

Iï¿½ll take it to my grave.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½I wonï¿½t tell this secret to anybody until I die.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Donï¿½t you dare tell anyone I told you.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Iï¿½ll take it to my grave.ï¿½>

I wonï¿½t tell a soul.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½I wonï¿½t tell this secret to anybody.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½I hope you are a tight-lipped person.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Trust me. I wonï¿½t tell a soul.ï¿½>

My lips are sealed.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Donï¿½t tell my mother about it.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Donï¿½t worry. My lips are sealed.ï¿½>

It wonï¿½t leave this room.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½I prefer you wouldnï¿½t mention this to anyone.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½It wonï¿½t leave this room.ï¿½>

I wonï¿½t breathe a word of it.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½I hope you wonï¿½t tell anybody about this.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½You got it. I wonï¿½t breathe a word of it.ï¿½>

I swear on a stack of bibles.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Donï¿½t tell anybody.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½I understand. I swear on a stack of Bibles.ï¿½>

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