Language Expansion

Useful Phrases for Meetings

Interrupting

May I have a word?

Excuse me for interrupting.

Giving opinions

I (really) feel that ...

If you ask me, I tend to think that ...

I strongly believe that ...

Commenting on other opinions

I never thought about it that way before.

I see what you mean.

Agreeing with other opinions

That's (exactly) the way I feel.

I have to agree with ...

Disagreeing with other opinions

Up to a point I agree with you, but ...

I see what you mean. But if we do that ...

Clarifying

Have I made that clear?

Let me put this another way ...

I'd just like to repeat that ...

Requesting information

Would you mind telling me ... ?

I wonder if you could give me ...

Asking for repetition

I missed that. Could you say it again, please?

Asking for clarification

Could you explain to me how that is going to work?

I don't see what you mean. Could we have some more details, please?

Asking for verification

Do you mean that ... ?

Is it true that ... ?

Asking for contributions of other participants

What do you think about this proposal?

Are there any more comments?

Correcting information

I'm afraid you don't understand what I'm saying.

That's not what I meant.

Keeping the meeting on time

I'm afraid we've run out of time.

There's not much time left. Could you please be brief?

We'll have to leave that to another time.

I think we need to keep to the point.

I think we'd better leave that for another meeting.

Are we ready to make a decision?

If nobody wants to add anything, we can draw the meeting to a close.