Reply "lovely" as someone offer something to you
Hello everyone.
Last week I was playing a Tomb Raider game and at the end of it there was a cutscene. In this cutscene Lara Croft's butler ask her if she would want some tea, and she responds only saying "lovely".
In which situations can you reply like this when someone offers something to you? When there is a particular bond between who talk for example?
Thank you very much!
Top answer
In this context, you can take it to mean Yes/yes please/that would be lovely/I'd love some tea etc. There needs to be no special bond between them.
- In this context, you can take it to mean Yes/yes please/that would be lovely/I'd love some tea etc.
- There needs to be no special bond between them.
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In this context, you can take it to mean Yes/yes please/that would be lovely/I'd love some tea etc.
There needs to be no special bond between them.
0When there is a particular bond between who talk for example? Yes.
Not usually in a business setting.
I think a woman is more likely to say this than a man.
(It's short for 'That would be lovely'.)
Clive
0It is very common in British English. - It means "That would please me a lot."
The expression very uncommon in American English. I have never heard it, expect from my British friends.
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