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USEFUL PHRASES
Silence fillers
J To start with
J To begin with
J Well, now, let me see
J Let me have a look
J Let me think
J ... their might/ must/ could/ can't have been
J Well, err... I'd say that...
J Mm... I'm not quite sure what this picture/ photo might be illustrating
J Possibly, ...
J At first sight, it seems... , but it could also ...
J I would say that...
J It's difficult to say exactly but ...
Introducing yourself
F Have you met before?
F Do you know each other? Where did you met the first time?
How long have you know each other?
F Did you know each other?
Formal
F I'm Mr. X and I would like to introduce you my colleague Y
F How do you do?
F How do you do?
Not so formal
F ‘Hello, I'm Jane Watson and this is my colleague XX?
F ‘Hello'. ‘Pleased to met you'. ‘Nice to meet you'
Very informal
F ‘I'm Mary and this is John'
F ‘Hi !'- ‘Good to see you'
Speculating
£ I suppose this might/ could well (be)
£ He look like ....
£ She look like as if...
£ This must (be)
Giving your opinion
¦ From my point of view
¦ As far as I know
¦ As far as I'm concerned
¦ In my opinion/ view
¦ Generally speaking, I think
¦ Personally, I would say that
¦ To my mind
¦ I'd just like to say that
¦ As far as I'm concerned
¦ I'm quite convinced that
¦ To be quite honest/ frank
¦ If you ask me
Describing similarities and differences
ø Compared to
ø In contrast to
ø Similar/ almost identical to
ø Slightly/ completely different from
ø (not) as (spacious) as
ø less (modern, luxurious) than
ø In a similar/ different position to
ø ... has disappeared altogether
Politely asking someone to repeat something
/ I'm sorry I didn't catch your point
/ I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that...
/ Sorry, what was that again?
/ Sorry, could you say that again, please?
/ I'm so sorry but I'm not sure I understood correctly
/ What was that again?
/ Do you mean ...?
Commenting on something you know nothing about
v Actually, I don't have any first - hand experience on ... (but ....)
v Personally, I've never had anything to do .../ had very little to do with...
v It's rather difficult to say but I would imagine that...
v Well, I've never been on/ interested in ... but
Expressing likes and dislikes
Ø I prefer/ like
Ø I'd rather
Ø What I like the best is ...
Ø My favourite ...
Ø I personally ...
Ø I hate/ loathe/ detest/ can't stand ...
Ø What I hate most is ...
Asking for the opinion of others
Ø What / how about you?
Ø Would you agree that?
Ø What are your views on ...?
Ø What's your opinion?
Ø What do you think?
Asking if somebody agrees
Y Do/ Would you agree with ...?
Y You agree, don't you?
Y I wonder if you would agree ...
Y Do you really think that ...?
Y Do you go along with that?
Y Wouldn't you say that ...?
Y Surely you don't think that ...?
Putting forward another point of view
a Yes, but on the other hand, don't you think that ...
a But to look at it from another point of view ...
a Surely you can't really believe that ...?
a But wouldn't you agree that ...?
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