有那么点儿。

　　Sort of.

　　Is your dog big? (你的狗大吗?)

　　Sort of. (说大也大吧!)

　　Kind of.

　　差不多吧!

　　It's something like that.

　　Is this it? (是这个吗?)

　　Yeah, it's something like that. (嗯，差不多吧。)

　　That's about it.

　　That'll do.

　　That's about right.

　　那得看情况。

　　It depends.

　　Don't you think you can save more money in Tokyo? (你不觉得在东京能攒更多的钱吗?)

　　It depends. (那得看情况。) *on a case by-case basis “基于具体情况”。

　　That depends.

　　也许是，也许不是。

　　Maybe yes, maybe no. *虽然有话要说，但又不想让对方明白时。

　　Are you going to ask him? (你打算去问他吗?)

　　Maybe yes, maybe no. (也许问，也许不问。)

　　但愿如此。

　　Hopefully. *表达虽然无法约定，但仍渴望能够实现的心情。

　　Can you play tomorrow? (明天能去比赛吗?)

　　Hopefully. (但愿能去。)

　　I hope so.

　　不能保证。

　　There's no guarantee. *带有也许不可能一切顺利的语感， 但可以感觉到成功的概率很高。

　　Will it make money? (能挣大钱吗?)

　　There's no guarantee. (不能保证。)

　　I can't guarantee it.

　　我想是的。

　　I think so. *可以用于各种场合。表达“我想是的”、“是那样”的语感。

　　Will it rain today? (今天会下雨吗?)

　　I think so. (我想会吧。)

　　我说不好。

　　I can't say. *不愿意说出秘密或不足以提出意见时。

　　Do you know where they are? (你知道他们在哪儿吗?)

　　I can't say. (我说不好。)

　　I couldn't say.

　　I can't say for certain.

　　I can't say for sure.

　　I couldn't say for certain.