Meetings and discussions – useful language

I think…

As far as I am concerned…

In my opinion I reckon…

I (strongly) feel…

It seems to me that…

I am pretty sure that…

I am convinced that…

Frankly/Honestly…

I’d say that…

If you ask me….

I suppose…

As I see it….

I (firmly) believe…..

To my mind….

As far as I can tell….

I consider it +ing It is quite obvious that…

I am fairly certain that…

The way I look at it…

It appears to me that…..

How do you feel about…?

What do you think?

What’s your opinion?

What’s your view?

That’s true.

I agree.

Absolutely. / Exactly.

I think so too.

You’re quite right.

Yes, that’s definitely true.

I agree completely.

I think we should…

How about…?

Why don’t we…?

Maybe / Perhaps we could…

Couldn’t we just….?

Can I make a suggestion here?

Have you considered…..?

I see / know what you mean, but…

Maybe, but…

I’m afraid I can’t agree with you here.

We don’t see this as a viable alternative.

I’m afraid this doesn’t really solve our problem.

I’m not sure I agree with you there.

That just won’t work.

Sorry, I don’t think it’s a good idea.

I’m not sure about that.

How do you mean…?

What exactly are you saying / proposing?

What exactly do you mean? Are you saying …?

Sorry, I don’t follow you. Can you explain in more detail?

Have I got this right?

What I mean is….

What I am saying is…

No, I was thinking of…

To be more specific….

To clarify …

Hold on. Can I finish the point?

Let… finish, please. I’d like to finish if I may.

Just a moment… / Just a second, please…

Perhaps I could finish what I was saying first.

Sorry, could I just continue what I wanted to say?

We’ll come back to you in a moment.

Could I just say something?

Excuse me, but could I just say…

I’d like to come in here if I may.

May I add something here?

I’d like to comment on that./ I have a point to add.

Can I just butt in at this point?

Can I come in here?

Can I just comment on that?