Chairing a meeting…

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Chairing a meeting…
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Chairing a meeting…
OPENING
Let’s get started
Let’s start
Shall we start
Let’s get down to work
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Chairing a meeting…
STATING OBJECTIVES
The aim is to…
The objective is to…
We need to work on…
We’re here to discuss…
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Chairing a meeting…
INTERRUPTING
Could I ask a question?
Sorry but may I say something?
Sorry to interrupt…
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Chairing a meeting…
ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION
Could you please explaining that?
What do you mean by…?
Could you repeat that please?
I didn’t get it …
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Chairing a meeting…
MOVING ON
ok, let’s move on to…
Next point is…
I think we’re getting side tracked
We’re off the subject, let’s go back to it
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Chairing a meeting…
CONCLUDING
I think that’s everything for today
I think we’re done for today
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Discussing…
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Discussing…
POUR DEBUTER…
•First
•Firstly
•At first
•First of all
•To start / to begin
•As an introduction
•To get started
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Discussing…
ENSUITE…
Secondly….
Second of
all…
Next…
After…
To follow…
To
continue…
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Discussing…
AJOUTER
Moreover
Furthermore
In addition
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Discussing…
POUR CONCLURE…
To finish
To end
Last
At last
Finally
Last point
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Opinion…
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Opinion…
GIVING OPINION
•My opinion is...
•I think...
•In my mind...
•According to me...
•As far as i am concerned...
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Opinion…
ASKING FOR OPINION
•What do you think about...
•What’s your opinion of...
•How do you feel about...
•What’s your point of view
•According to you...
•Do you agree on...
•Do you agree with...
•What do you have in mind
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Opinion…
AGREEING
•I agree completely
•I couldn’t agree more
•Absolutely
•Definitely
•You’re absolutely right
•I suppose that’s true
•I’m inclined to agree with
you on that
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Opinion…
DISAGREEING
•I’m sorry, but I really can’t agree
•I’m afraid I can’t go along with you on that.
•You’re totally wrong
•I totally disagree
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To remember…
Français
Anglais
Il est clair que
It's clear that
Il est évident que
It's obvious that
Permettez-moi de vous dire que
Let me tell you that
Je suppose que vous vous posez (tous)
des questions au sujet de
I suppose you are (all) wondering about
Inutile de vous dire que
Needless to say
En ce qui concerne
As far as ... is / are concerned
Je parie que vous ne savez pas que
I bet that you don't know that
Vous serez surpris d'apprendre que
You will be surprised to hear that
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To remember…
Français
Anglais
Cela vous surprendra sûrement
d'apprendre que
It will probably surprise you to hear that
Je peux vous assurer que
I can assure you that
Ainsi que je l'ai dit précédemment
As I said before
Laissez-moi vous rappeler que
Let me remind you that
Comme vous le savez déjà
As you already know
De plus
What's more / On top of that / Moreover
Une chose encore
One more thing
A propos
By the way / Incidentally
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To remember…
Français
Anglais
Ce Considérons à présent
Let's now consider
D'un côté ... et d'un autre côté ...
On the one hand ... on the other hand
Dernier point mais non des moindres
Last but not least
Finalement
Finally
Est-ce clair jusque là ?
Is that clear so far ?
Vous voyez ce que je veux dire ?
You see what I mean ?
Y a-t-il des questions ?
Are there any questions ?
Je vais donc conclure en (+ verbe -ant)
I will (therefore) conclude by (+ verb -ing)
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Thank you for your attention!
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