E-mail: informal, neutral, formal

Greeting/ Salutation (приветствие)

Hi Name,

Hi there Name,
Hello again Name,

Hello Name,

Dear Name,

Opening (вежливая вводная фраза)

Long time, no see! What a surprise to receive your email/ message.

How are the things?

How are you?

How’s it going?

It’s ages since I’ve heard from you. I hope you’re well / you and your family are well.

It was great to receive your email/ message.

How are you? / / I hope you are well.

It was good / nice / great to hear from you again.

It was great to receive your email/ message.

Thanks for the email/ message.

Thanks for your letter, it´s great to hear from you.

Thank you / Many thanks for your (recent/last) letter / e-mail/ message.

Apologising (извинения)

I’m sorry for (+-ing)
I apologise for (+-ing)
I (really) didn’t mean to (do) …

I’m writing to apologise for … but I’m afraid I was ….

I’m really sorry that I forgot to … but I was busy with ….

I’m sorry I haven’t written / haven’t been in touch for such a long time.

Link to the news (ссылка на новости)

Great news about …

I was so surprised to hear that…

I´m glad that….

Thanks (a lot) for letting me know that …
What great/fantastic/brilliant/wonderful news!
That’s awful / a pity / unfortunate!

Congrats on smt!

Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll do well / pass.

Glad to hear that …

Sorry to hear about …

I was so surprised to hear that…

It’s good/great/sad to hear that …
I’m glad/happy/sorry to hear that …

I wish you good luck / Good luck in / with smt.

Glad to hear that …

Sorry to hear about …

Gratitude (благодарность)

Thank you for smt. Thank you for doing smt.

It was very nice/helpful/ kind of you to do smt.

I (really) appreciated all your help / advice.

Congratulations on smt!

I’m writing to thank you for your hospitality / the wonderful present.

Sharing news (поделиться новостями)

Listen, did I tell you about …? You’ll never believe what …

Oh, and another thing …

This is just to let you know that …

By the way, have you heard about / did you know that …?

Do smt, won`t you?

I thought you might be interested to hear about / know that …

The main content (основное содержание)

Invitation (приглашения)

I’m / We’re having smt on Day ??th and I / we hope you’ll be able to come.

Would you like do smt with me on Day/ at the weekend?

I was wondering if you’d like to do smt with me.

Thank you very much for your invitation. I’d love to come.

Could you let me / us know if you can come / you’d like to join me/ us?

Thank you for asking / inviting me to … but I’m afraid I won’t be able to …

Request (просьба)

Why don’t you do smt…?

Maybe you could do smt…?

I’d be very / really / terribly grateful if you could …

I hope you don’t mind me asking but could you …?

I wonder if / I was wondering if you could help me / do me a favour.

I’m writing to ask: for your help / you a favour/ if you could do me.

Advice and recommendations (советы и рекомендации)

You can/ can’t do/ doing sth

I’m sure you will enjoy doing sth

Do smt … / Don’t do to do/ doing/ smt …

Why don’t you …?
I’m told that …

People say that …

(I think) you/we should …
Don’t miss smt …
I (highly) recommend doing smt

Offers (предложения)

How about doing smt...?
Let's do smt...
I/We could do smt…
If you like, we can …

If you want, I/we could do …
Shall I/we (do) …
Do you want me/us to do …?

How about doing smt
Why don’t you/we do …?
Don’t you think to do …?

Would you like to do smt...?

I suggest doing smt

Ending (вежливая заключительная фраза)

Anyway, don’t forget to do smt

I’ll try and phone you on Day/ at the weekend to do smt/ check the times.

We must try and meet up soon. 

Anyway, I must go and do smt

I guess it’s time to do smt

Signing off (окончание)

See you (tomorrow/soon/on Wednesday/later),
Ok, well, see you soon

Write soon

Bye,
Bye for now,
XX,

Talk to you soon,
All the best,
Love,
Lots of love,

Say hello to…

I can’t wait to hear from you

Ok, catch you later.

Best regards,
Warm regards,

Lovingly yours — любящий тебя,
Yours as always — всегда твой,

Give my love / regards to…

Look forward to seeing you again

Hope to hear from you soon

Best wishes,

Signature (подпись)

Dasha (без точки!)

Dasha (без точки!)

Daria (без точки!)

Daria (без точки!)

Additional phrases

Links (связки)

Well, .. 

By the way, …

Anyway, …

Now where was I?

Oh yes, I nearly forgot, …

Actually,….

Well, to cut a long story short, …..

To tell you the truth, ….

I’m really sorry but …

Giving your opinion (выражение мнения)

In my opinion, …
I think …
For me, …

Agreeing / Disagreeing:

I agree / disagree (with you).
I couldn’t agree more.
I (don’t) think so.
I think you’re right.
That’s so true!
Yes, but …

I’m not sure about that.

Explaination (объяснение)

because (of)
That’s why …
This means …
for example / such as / like

In neutral English you can use contractions like ‘I’m’ or ‘she’s’ or phrasal verbs, but no slang words or anything that is not in the dictionary.