Tips Starting to make 

a conclusion
Eye-contact The bottom line is we have to choose one…
Active listening It’s a tough one, I’m torn between … and ….
Open body language Shall we go with ….?
Speak up
Don’t dominate Asking for opinion
What’s your take on….?
Starting Where do you stand on….?
What do you want to do first? I’m thinking…., would you go along with that?
Shall I start? What are your thoughts on this?
Do you mind if I start?
We could start by talking about... Personalizing
Let's talk about .. first. Speaking from personal experience,…
Shall we start with this picture For me personally,..
This is a topic that is particularly close to my
Opinion heart…
As far as I’m concerned, It’s funny I was just thinking about this the
As I see it, other day.
From my point of view, My gut/initial reaction is…
I’d say that… If I were to choose one of these situations (part
2 pictures), I’d go with… because…
Giving yourself time
That's a big question! Impressive structures
I haven't given it much thought. Another point I’d like to add about … is…
Let me see It’s also worth bearing in mind that…
I’m drawing a blank right now Coming back to what (Javi) was saying about ….
I’d also like to point out that…
Rephrasing I think it’s important not to forget that…
What I mean is... The vast majority of people tend to think that…
What I'm trying to say is... At the end of the day…
In other words When all’s said and done…
To put it another way
Basically what you’re saying is... Asking for repetition
I beg your pardon, I didn’t catch that.
Agreeing Sorry would you mind repeating that?
We see eye to eye. Could you repeat the question please?
Yeah, I’d go along with that.
Absolutely!
You took the words right out of my mouth.
I couldn’t agree more.
You have a point there.
I’m with you 100% on this one.

Disagreeing
We don’t see eye to eye.
I take your point but…
I tend to disagree with you there.
That’s not always the case
Isn’t it more a case of…