43 U S E F U L P H R A S E S F O R D I S C U S S I O N 1. Agreeing I agree with … I couldn’t agree more … You’re absolutely right there … I can see your point … You’re right up to a point … Exactly … I can understand ... 2. Disagreeing You’re missing the point … I totally disagree with … That’s all very well, but … You may not believe it, but I can’t accept … Wouldn’t it be better to … I see what you mean, but I see your point, but I think … Yes, but on the other hand … I’m not with you there … What I object to is ... I (very much) doubt whether ... That can’t be right! Never! 3. Clarifying Absolutely right, but … Let us focus on this issue here … What has that got to do with … Have you thought of … Let me give you another example … I don’t see what you mean … You must admit that … Do you realize … What do you mean by … So you are saying that … The main priority is … Why do you say that … Well, it depends on … Is there any reason why … Do you really mean to say that … Let me put this clear … It may sound strange but … 4. Giving an opinion My feeling is … What I’m concerned with is … I hold the view that ... If you ask me … An additional argument I would like to present is that ... I’m pretty sure that … My personal view is that ... In my experience ... Personally, I think/believe/suppose ... The surprising thing is that … I’m fairly certain that … I’m convinced that … To my mind … In my opinion/ I’m of the opinion … The fact of the matter is … It is my firm believe that … The way I see it ... 5. Giving in What I like about this argument/thought is … I take that back … There is some common ground between us here … I think we can draw the following conclusion … I have never thought of/about that before … I see things in a different light now … I can see your point … I must admit that ... 6. Interrupting I’m sorry, but ... Excuse me, can/may I add something? Sorry to interrupt, but ... Just listen for a moment ... I am trying to answer your question … As I have said it before … Do you mind if I jump in here? Pardon me ... I don‘t mean to intrude ... 71051_1_1_2015_Inhalt_4.indd 43 21.01.15 10:40 Nu r z u Pr üf zw ec ke n E ge nt um d es C .C .B uc hn er V er la gs