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USEFUL PHRASES
Silence fillers
To start with
To begin with
Well, now, let me see
Let me have a look
Let me think
Well, err... I’d say that...
Possibly, ...
At first sight, it seems... , but it could also ...
I would say that...
It’s difficult to say exactly but ...
Agreeing
Yes, I agree
I agree with what you said.
Yes, you're right.
I agree with completely.
Yes, I agree but...
I agree in a way, but...
Well, it depends. (Explain)
Disagreeing
I disagree
I don't agree.
No, I think you're wrong
No, that's not right.
I don't think I agree with you there.
Excuse me, I'm not sure...
Are you sure?
Just a minute. It isn't like that at all.
I'm not so sure about that.
I wouldn't say that exactly.
No, no, you've got that wrong.
You can't say that.
I can't believe there's any truth in that.
That can't be right.
That's no proof.
Come on!
Surely not!
Come off it!
I don't know about that.
Giving your opinion
I think
I believe
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
Compared to
In contrast to
Similar/ almost identical to
Slightly/ completely different from
(not) as (spacious) as less (modern, luxurious) than
In a similar/ different position to
... 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
Actually, I don’t have any first - hand experience on ... (but ....)
Personally, I’ve never had anything to do .../ had very little to do
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