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D. USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

Opening a meeting
- Greeting:
Good morning, everyone.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
- Starting a meeting:
If everyone’s here, let’s start our meeting today.
Because we’re all here, lets’ get started.
- Telling the objective of the meeting:
Today we’re here to...
The goal of today’s meeting is to...
We’re here to discuss...
Giving opinions
- In my opinion,...
- I think...
- As far as I’m concerned...
- In my view...
- I reckon that...
Agreeing
- I agree with you.
- I would go along with that.
- That’s a great idea.
Disagreeing
- I’m afraid I don’t agree.
- I disagree.
- It’s a good idea, but...
- I can’t agree with that.
Interrupting
- Excuse me for interrupting.
- May I interrupt?
- May I have a word?
Handling interruption
- Let’s let ...finish his/her point first.
- If I can finish first.
- Let me finish first.
- If you can hold that thought until I finish.
Summarizing
- To sum up,...
- I would like to sum up that...
- To conclude...
Closing the meeting
- Thanking :
Thank you all for attending.
Thanks for your participation.
- Ending the meeting:
Now, I declare that the meeting is closed.
The meeting is closed now. See you next Tuesday.

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