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MEETING PHRASES

MEETING PHRASES. Inviting the participants to speak. The floor is now open to discussion I’d like to hear your comments on… Would you like to comment on this? Mr X, would you like to come in here? Mr Y, do you agree with Mr X here?. Dealing with digressions.

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MEETING PHRASES

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  1. MEETING PHRASES

  2. Inviting the participants to speak • The floor is now open to discussion • I’d like to hear your comments on… • Would you like to comment on this? • Mr X, would you like to come in here? • Mr Y, do you agree with Mr X here?

  3. Dealing with digressions • Could we get back to the agenda? • Could we follow the order of items on the agenda please? • Before we look into that, could we first discuss… • I agree, this is important, but do you think we could first talk about… • Could we just leave this issue for the moment and get back to it later?

  4. Asking for clarification • Sorry, I’m not sure that I’ve understood you. • Could you explain that a bit more for us please? • What do you mean exactly? • Could you clarify that for us? • Sorry, have I understood you correctly?

  5. Asking for the floor • May I comment on that? • Could I say something here? • Could I just react to what she said?

  6. Giving an opinion • I’m convinced that… • There’s no doubt in my mind that… • I really do feel that… • I’m sure you’d all agree that… • I think… • I’m not sure but… • I’m inclined to think that • I believe…

  7. Agreement • I couldn’t agree with you more. • I fully / totally / entirely agree with you on this. • I’d go along with you there. • Absolutely. • That’s true.

  8. Disagreement • I’m afraid I really can’t agree with you. • I agree with you up to a point but… • You may be right but don’t you think that…

  9. Summarizing • Perhaps I could just sum up what we’ve decided today. • Could I just run through the main points… • It seems that we all agree that…

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