The casual request embodies cultural differences with Americans and Brits and causes some misunderstandings between the characters.

It was not exactly a shout, but much more than a casual request.

Thomas said, without any spin on it at all, so that Hershie knew that it wasn't a casual request.

He portrayed the efforts to get the loan as a casual request that produced no results.

This was hardly a casual request.

So a casual request, even from a Scot, even from a member of the original combat force, was not likely to get much heed.

Normally, this would sound like a casual request.

Mr. Pfanz writes: "Meade's almost casual request that Warren go to Little Round Top was one of the most important acts of their joint careers."

It can be used like a modal in casual requests, in threats and intentional statements, and, of course, like the standard verb "to make".

Beauty and Backwardness A casual request to go fishing brought an American reporter to this unspoiled corner of Soviet Russia for a brief visit.