EXPRESSIONS FOR CONVERSATION AND PERSONAL COMMENT.pdf

EXPRESSIONS FOR CONVERSATION AND PERSONAL COMMENT

(1) When you start saying something

contributing to a conversation

making a contribution

First of all, I would like to say/state that.............

To begin with, I...................

In the first line, I.............

(2) What can you say instead of "I think" (don't sink , please)

I would say/think

In my opinion

To my mind

I am of the opinion that

I hold the opinion that

(3) When you want to stress your "personal opinion":

Personally I think

As far as I am concerned

As for me

As I take it

As far as I can see

(4) When you "agree" or when you "don't agree":

I entirely/quite agree with you.

I agree to (with) her plan.

I am of the same opinion.

I differ from/with you entirely.

I disagree with you: I am sure you're mistaken.

I stick to my opinion.

Let's agree to differ!

(5) When you want to say the "opposite" of what someone else

said:

on the contrary! quite the contrary! just the opposite!

That is the very opposite of what I said.

That is quite the contrary to what I said.

I maintain the contrary.

In contrast to what you said, I maintain that...........

(6) When you are "quite sure" of something:

of course!

That goes without saying (It goes without saying

that......)

I contend/maintain that................

It's my conviction that..................

(7) When you want to "ask a question":

May I interrupt you?

There arises the question/point whether/if......

This question raises the whole issue

(8) When you "haven't understood":

I beg your pardon. / Pardon?

Could you repeat what you've just said? But slower, please./

Could you slow down a bit?

(9) If you should want to "correct a mistake":

Excuse me (for interrupting) you should have said:"....."

(10) When you want to "distinguish" (make a distinction between)

two aspects of a question, when you want to distinguish one

aspect from the other:

on the one hand on the other hand

in general in particular

generally speaking

on the whole

taken as a whole

at first sight on second thoughts

(11) When you want to "add" something:

In addition,.........................

Moreover,....................

Furthermore,........................

Finally,...........................

(12) When you want to "emphasize" something:

I would like to lay (put) emphasis (stress) on the fact

that..

I just want to point out that................

(13) When you want to "say the truth":

To be frank (with you),...................

Frankly (speaking),.........................

To say the truth,........................

(14) And if you are "not sure":

I don't know exactly.

I don't know for certain.

(A) General phrases:

in other words in this respect

to a certain degree/extent It depends on your point

in brief/short.......... view

To be brief,..................

To cut a long story short,...... Let me put it this

way:....

I don't know. - I don't know either. Nor/Neither do I.

(B) Common Abbreviations:

e.g. (=exempli gratia) = for example, for instance

,etc . (with a comma in front of it) = and so on

i.e. (=id est) = that is (to say)

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