why do people  say: "how do you do" when they meet?
954089
Its the sort of thing you say when you meet someone for the first time. They reply 'Very well thank you. And you?'. \n\nIt doesn't imply that you've met them before or know them better than you really do, as a phrase like 'How are you?' or 'How are things going?' would.\n\nYou then make smalltalk about the weather and things if you want to know them better. If not, you don't. Nobody loses face.\n\nIt all sounds a bit formal, like a royal garden-party, but you can do the same thing using less stuffy phrases, depending on what sort of people you're meeting (surfer-dudes, jocks, geeks or whatever).
337393
I have no idea. it probably because they ask questions that make you feel comportable. then the next thing you know your setting your self up to meet them somewhere.
1136719
What the heck do you mean?
191949
When someone ask how are you doing you automactailly respond "ok, fine, good, or great."  Small communications that occur for only social reasons.  No one really want a 30 min conversation when you ask how are you
213616
it means that you don't know the right way of using the words in general
34426
What do you mean by this?  What are they positioning themselves to do?
1099834
What do you have to say them? Why do you need it??
923720
Usually "What are you doing?"; occasionally "What do you do?" French doesn't make that distinction, but "tu" is informal, so you'd usually know what the person "does" before you'd call them "tu".
436035
what is your quetion how to get ther do u mean
881800
It literally means, "What do these people dedicate themselves to?" but it's really asking, "What do these people do for a living?"\n\nThe second line just says, "Write your answer to each question."
570326
Hi while waving your hand at the person you greet. :) Sometimes I greet my friend with "musta?" which is a shortened version of "Kamusta ka na?". It means "How are you?" in English. :)
847996
People don't ask for the date like that, though.  It's common to say, "Excuse me, do you have the time?" but people do not say, "Excuse me, do you have the date?"  Maybe he was confused because he didn't know what you were asking for.  Next time, ask, "Excuse me, could you tell me what the date is today?"
643837
What do you mean exactly?
689292
ahdunno says: "they do in Scotland".\n\nI am Scottish and I would just like change this slightly to:\n"Some people in Scotland might," because I have never heard of Scottish people doing this - I thought it was more of an American thing to do (not in the cities though.)
755427
I've always heard it "do a good turn" but in many European languages the same word is used for the English words "do" and "make" so many phrases could be translated from them either way.
208125
Someone tells you how to do something that you would reasonable be expected to know how to do.  Someone is overly polite, calling you "sir" or "m'am" when that would not ordinarily be done.  \n\nYou might also give some consideration to what constitutes being respected indirectly.
69497
Are you the only one talking?  You would need to use "to" for that.  If you two are exchanging ideas, "with" would work better.