Phrases for meetings

a lot to get through =

• assess our position/progress

• take longer than planned

• investigate

• many things to deal with

work out what we still need to do =

• calculate / plan our next actions

• assess our position/progress

• start the meeting properly

• avoid unscheduled discussions

found out =

• investigate

• discuss all the points

• learned, discovered

• resolve any remaining small problems

sent round =

• allocated

• were mentioned

• distributed to everybody

• take longer than planned

stick to the agenda =

• discussing the action points one by one

• discuss all the points

• resolve any remaining small problems

• avoid unscheduled discussions

look into =

• investigate

• allocated

• follow the agenda

• start the meeting properly

tie up any remaining loose ends

• assess our position/progress

• resolve any remaining small problems

• discuss all the points

• take longer than planned

run over =

• take longer than planned

• calculate / plan our next actions

• discuss all the points

• assess our position / progress

came up =

• investigate

• discovered

• were mentioned

• allocated

We’ve got a lot to get through, so please let’s (a)   to the agenda