有机会跟一些智者、聪明的人或老朋友聊天该是很快乐的事情，这时候你可以跟他们说：It's been nice talking to you（很高兴跟你聊天），所谓‘礼多人不怪’，外国人也很讲礼仪，例如Thanks for calling.（谢谢你的来电），初次见面会说Nice to meet you.（很高兴见到你），或者It's been nice knowing you.（很高兴认识你）如果你想恭维别人，可说：I've heard a lot about you.（久仰你的大名），相信别人听到一定很开心。

和人家谈话，准备结束时，一般会说：It's been interesting / nice / fun / great talking to you.那就是说：‘和你谈话真畅快’，但句子既用现在完成时动词 (present perfect tense)，明显表示谈话要告一段落。所以这句话之后，一般就是Goodbye，例如：It's been great talking to you, but I must go now. Goodbye.

结束谈话，往往是以‘时间所限’为理由。听见对方像是突然惊觉那样说Oh, look at the time!（啊，看看时间！）你几乎可以断定他跟着就会说：I'm going to have to run. / I must dash away now./ I'm afraid I must fly. / I've got to rush.（我得赶快走了）。

要说‘是时间要走了’，有一英文句法特别值得注意：It's time I was. / were going。这一句是说现在的事。但It's time. 之后的子句 (clause) 却必须用过去时动词 (past tense)，现在不妨再举一例：It is about / high time we went home.（现在（差不多）是回家的时候了）。It is about time. 即‘差不多是时候’，It is high time. 则是It is time. 的强调说法。

为什么It's time之后的子句要用过去时动词，而I甚至可配动词were？原来这类子句要用假设句法，表示‘我们早应这样做，现在却还未做’。 留意It's time we went home. 之类句子可以改写作It's time for us to go home.，意思没有分别。