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You\u2019ve been learning English for a while, and you feel pretty good about your progress. Then, one day, you\u2019re talking with a native speaker, and you didn\u2019t quite understand something you heard. This happens frequently. Don\u2019t worry about it. But, how do you respond?<\/p>\n

One of the great, and annoying, things about English is that we have a lot of different ways to say the exact same thing. A simple phrase like, \u201cWhat did you say?\u201d can be expressed in an astonishing variety of statements and questions. Let\u2019s look at changing up the way you ask someone to repeat themselves.<\/p>\n

Maybe You Just Didn\u2019t Hear It<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sometimes you just can\u2019t hear the other person properly. It may be noisy in the room or outside, or the speaker simply wasn\u2019t loud enough. You likely will stretch your neck out a little, tilt one ear in their direction, and say, \u201cI\u2019m sorry \u2013 what?\u201d Nothing else needs to be said, and the other person will repeat themselves. Or, you could instead say one of these:<\/p>\n