Thanks for downloading 200 “Native Speaker” Expressions for

English Meetings.!
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The goal of this ebook is to provide you with expressions frequently
used by native speakers in English meetings.
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By learning these expressions, you will be able to articulate
yourself more effectively in meetings, as well as being better
prepared to understand native speakers. - Steven
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Pre-Meeting Small Talk"
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1. Nice to see you again / Good to meet you.
2. How was your trip?
3. Have you been here before?
4. We’ve emailed each other a few times, but it’s nice to finally
meet you face to face.
5. You must be (name).
6. Is this your first time here?
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Welcoming Participants"
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7. Good morning everyone and welcome to the meeting today.
8. I'm pleased to welcome you today to…
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Introducing Yourself and Participants"
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9. For those of you who don’t know me, I am…
10. I think we could start by each person saying their name and a
few words about their job, their role in this team, their
background...
11. I'm pleased to introduce you to a new member of our team.
12. In case you don't know him/her already, this is... from…
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Starting the Meeting"
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13. OK that’s the introductions out of the way. Let’s get started.
14. Let’s get the ball rolling, shall we?
15. We’ve got a lot to get through, so let’s begin.
16. I'd like to start with... which is about…
17. Let’s kick off with…
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Introducing the Agenda"
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18. Have you all got the agenda?
19. As we can see from the agenda there is a lot to get through.
20. As we can see from the agenda there is only a couple of issues
to discuss.
21. If there are no objections, I’d like to skip the first topic and start
instead with the third one.
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Introducing the Topic of the Meeting"
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22. As you probably know, the main reason for this meeting is…
23. As I wrote in my email yesterday, we need to come to an
agreement about...
24. What we need to decide today is…
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Going over Meeting Objectives"
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25. The purpose of this meeting is to…
26. If we achieve nothing else today we must find a solution to…
27. Our aim today is…
28. By the end of this meeting, I'd like to have reached a decision
about…
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Apologizing for Someone who is Absent"
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29. Unfortunately David can’t be here with us today.
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30. Vicky won’t be joining us today; she isn’t feeling well,
unfortunately.
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Reviewing Previous Meetings"
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31. Before we begin I think it would be a good idea to review…
32. In our last meeting, we agreed on the following issues… but we
still need to reach a conclusion on…
33. There are a number of points from the last meeting which need
to be addressed.
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Handing Over to another Participant"
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34. Over to David now.
35. OK, that's it from me, I'd like to hand over to John.
36. Sara’s now going to go into this point in more detail for you.
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Transitioning to a New Agenda Point"
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37. If nobody has anything else to add we will move on.
38. If there are no more questions I'd like to move on to the next
item.
39. Let's move on to the next point which is about…
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Referring to Visuals"
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40. As you can see from this slide…
41. If you could now focus on the second chart you will see.
42. I would like to draw your attention to this graph…
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Status Updates"
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43. How is the project coming along?
44. How did you get on at XYZ company last week?
45. Steven, can you bring us up to speed on…?
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46. Despite recent setbacks, I am happy to say we are on
schedule.
47. I have not received approval yet.
48. I am delighted to tell you that our proposal has been accepted.
49. We have got the go-ahead from the board.
50. You'll be pleased to hear that the presentation was a success.
51. We have achieved our targets for this quarter.
52. We have hit some serious issues with…
53. Our request for more funding has been declined.
54. The latest figures are somewhat disappointing.
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Requesting Action"
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55. I'd like you to…
56. Would you mind…?
57. David, could you take care of that please?
58. Could you send us this information at the end of the week,
please?
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Accepting Tasks"
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59. I'd be happy to handle that.
60. OK I'll do that.
61. Sure – when do you need it?
62. I'll deal with that - when do we need it?
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Declining Tasks"
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63. I don't think I'd be the best person to handle that task.
64. I'd like to help out, but my time is fully taken up with…
65. Our team is really stretched as it is, so I can't agree to that
unless we extend the deadline.
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Interrupting"
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66. Sorry to interrupt, but…
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67. Sorry, I really have to say something here.
68. Hold on a moment. What you’re saying is…
69. If I could just jump in for a moment…
70. May I interrupt you there for a second?
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Reacting to Interruptions"
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71. If I could just finish what I was saying.
72. Could I just finish my point?
73. Please let me finish.
74. Just a second…
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Asking for Opinions"
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75. How do you feel about that?
76. What is your point of view?
77. David, I would really appreciate your view.
78. Have you got any thoughts on this?
79. Do you have any views on this?
80. Does anyone have any other comments?
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Responding to Opinions"
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81. I see what you mean.
82. You’ve got a point there.
83. That's a very good point.
84. That's a great suggestion.
85. That’s one way of looking at it.
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Expressing Opinions"
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Strong!
86. I believe…
87. I'm convinced that…
88. I’m sure that…
89. I have no doubt…
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90. There’s no doubt in my mind that…
91. I'm quite certain that…
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Medium!
92. I think…
93. Well, if you ask me…
94. I'd like to point out that…
95. As I see it...
96. In my opinion...
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Weak!
97. I feel that…
98. My impression is that…
99. I am not sure but I am leaning towards…
100.I tend to think…
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Agreeing"
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Strong!
101. Absolutely.
102. Exactly.
103. I totally agree with you.
104. I have exactly the same opinion as you.
105. You have hit the nail on the head. (idiom)
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Medium!
106. I agree to a certain extent
107. I am with you up to a point.
108. I agree partly.
109. I guess you're right.
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Disagreeing"
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Strong!
110. I totally disagree.
111. I'm afraid I can't agree with you there.
112. With respect, I have to say I don't agree.
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113. I disagree entirely.
114. I can’t go along with that at all.
115. It's out of the question.
116. I understand what you are saying, but I have a different
opinion.
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Medium!
117. I agree with you to a point but I disagree about…
118. I know what you mean but…
119. I don't really agree with you.
120. I think it might be better to…
121. I'd be inclined to think the opposite.
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Expressing Reservations"
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122. I’m not sure that’s such a good idea.
123. Don’t you think that…?
124. I’m concerned that…
125. I'm not entirely convinced that…
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Clarifying"
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126. What I’m trying to say is…
127. What I mean is…
128. Let me give you an example of what I mean.
129. To illustrate…
130. Well, in other words…
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Asking for Clarification"
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131. I’m sorry, but I’m not very clear about...
132. Could you explain that again please?
133. What do you mean by…?
134. I don’t quite understand what you mean by…
135. So what you’re saying is...
136. Are you saying that…?
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137. If I understand you correctly, you mean…
138. Let me see if I understand you correctly, you mean that…
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Asking for Suggestions"
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139. Do you have any suggestions?
140. Please share any suggestions you may have.
141. Any suggestions?
142. What do you suggest?
143. If you have any suggestions, do feel free to put them on the
table.
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Making Suggestions"
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144. Why don't you…
145. Have you tried…
146. I think we should…
147. How about…
148. My suggestion would be..
149. My recommendation would be to...
150. I propose…
151. I would suggest…
152. I would recommend…
153. The best course of action would probably be…
154. We should probably consider…
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Arguing Your Point"
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155. I feel strongly that we should go this way because of the
following facts...
156. The benefit of doing it this way is that…
157. I'm very much in favour of... because …
158. There are three main advantages to this solution.
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Conceding an Argument"
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159. I have to admit that...
160. It is true that…
161. I see what you mean, I had not thought of it like that.
162. Yes, you are right, I did not take that into account.
163. That's a good point.
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Talking about Costs"
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164. This will be a hefty / substantial investment. (a big investment)
165. Please provide me with a cost estimation.
166. Can you tell me something about the costs involved?
167. What are we talking about in terms of cost?
168. The drop in sales of (product A) was off-set by the increase in
profits of (product B).
169. We compensated for the loss by selling more…
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Describing Trends"
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170. Sales rocketed by 80%. (increased a lot)
171. Sales exploded by 80%. (increased a lot)
172. Sales went through the roof. (increased a lot)
173. Sales fluctuated this quarter. (increased and decreased
during the quarter)
174. Sales plummeted… (decreased a lot)
175. Sales leveled off in August. (neither went up nor down)
176. Sales fell sharply. (decreased a lot suddenly)
177. Sales dropped slightly. (decreased a little bit)
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Reaching Agreement"
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178. Are we in agreement then?
179. I think we have an understanding now.
180. So if we are both in agreement, I will draw up a written
proposal.
181. Sounds like we have a deal.
182. To sum up, I think we’ve agreed the following…
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Summarizing"
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183. To recap on what has been said so far,…
184. So far, the following points have been raised…
185. Let's go over what we have decided on…
186. Just to summarize briefly:...
187. So going forward we need to…
188. Our next steps are to…
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Checking that All Topics Have Been
Covered"
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189. Is there anything else that we need to discuss / talk about, or
have we covered everything ?
190. No, I think we’ve covered everything, thanks.
191. Actually, there is just one more thing that I’d like to discuss.
192. Actually, there’s something I’d like to bring up briefly before
we finish.
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Talking about Future Contact"
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193. I look forward to seeing you again soon.
194. I’ll check and get in touch with next week about our next
meeting.
195. I’ll be be in contact with you shortly to arrange our next
meeting.
196. See you at…/ See you next week…/ See you on Friday…/ See
you soon./ See you later.
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Thanking & Closing"
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197. Thanks for your time today.
198. I appreciate your input, Many thanks.
199. Let’s wrap it up there and continue tomorrow.
200. Have a safe trip home.
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