英语角上最常听到的一句话恐怕就是How to say?了。每次不了解该怎么说时，总会用How to say?来打粗心眼。但事实上，尽管How to say?在语法上是正确的一句话，英美人却是从来不这么说的。那样，当找不到适合的词时，他们都会如何说呢？
1. How do I put it? / What should I say?
这是最常见的两句了。简单明了，通俗易懂哦！
2. I don't know what to say.
过于激动、气愤、恼怒、悲伤或者开心的时候，总会一时语塞、说不出话来。这个时候，你就能说I don't know what to say!。譬如：
You say you spent $100 on the car! I don't know what to say! I can't believe you did that! !（你说你花了100USD买车！我真是不了解该怎么说好了，真是很难置信！）
I don't know what to say! You came here and expect me to give you all my attention for a whole hour. You know I'm busy, so just go!（我真是没话说了！你居然要我给你一个小时的时间陪你。你了解我非常忙，一边去吧！）
3. something of the sort
有时大家是真的找不到适合的表达法。这个时候就能说：
A: What do you think of the idea of permanent education? That is, letting people go on learning until they die?
B: Well, that sounds quite new to me. Do you mean evening schools, or something of the sort?
B 实在不了解permanent education是什么问题，于是就用and ... and something of the sort?来代替了。
类似的说法还有something like that，something of that kind，or something or other，or whatever 。
4. a sort of ..., you know.
这个a sort of..., you know 比较适合想了半天却什么也没想出来的场所，让他们从你说话的context中去判断你要表达的意思。比如：
This man is so unpopular here. He is just a sort of ..., you know.
这个人在这儿可不如何受青睐。他有点，你了解。
5. You know what I mean.
前面说一大通，最后不了解如何总结，便可以用You know what I mean. 来偷懒喽! 比如：
To be honest, this will be difficult. You know your application form will be read not just by me but by at least three members of the academic council, and it's no easy matter to have all of us agree on one thing... you know what I mean.
说实话，这非常难。你了解不止一个人要看你的申请，学院委员会至少还有两个人要看。要让大家大伙都赞同可不是件容易的事你了解我的意思。
类似的说法还有You know the sort of thing I mean.，I think you understand what I mean. I can't think of the exact word, but you know.
6. 除此之外，你还可以用一些conversational1 fillers来争取一些考虑的时间。常见的有：Mm， Uh，um，er，erm，well，well then，now，actually，of course，in fact，I mean，you know，you see，as a matter of fact，shall I say...，sort of，kind of，like，and等等。
