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• What do you mean?

• I’m not sure what you mean.

• Sorry, but I don’t understand what you mean

• Could you explain what you mean by ...?

• Are you saying that .........?

• I’m not sure I follow you. Did you say that ....?

• I mean .......

• In other words, ........

• The point I’m trying to make is.....

• What I’m trying to say is….

• What do you think of .........?

• How do you feel about .....?

• What’s your opinion of ........?

• In my opinion, .........

• Personally, I think that ........

• It seems to me .........

• As far as I’m concerned, .........

• (a) That’s right.

• (b) You’re right.

• (c) I think so, too.

• (d) I agree with you.

• (e) I definitely agree.

• (f) I completely agree with you.

• Yes, but.....

• Possibly. but.....

• Yes, but the problem is....

• I don’t really agree with you.

• I’m not sure I agree with you. The reason is that.....

• Yes, that may be true, but.....

• May (could) I ask a question?

• May (could) I say something here?

• May (could I make a suggestion?

or :

• I have a question I’d like to ask.

• I have a point I’d like to make.

• Excuse me, but........

• Pardon me, but........

• Excuse me for interrupting, but.......

• Sorry to interrupt, but........

• Excuse me, I’d just like to finish this point.

• If you could wait for a second, I’m just about to finish my point.

• Could I please just finish my point?

• Anyway, .......

• In any case, .......

• Going back to what I was saying, ......

• As I was saying, .........