Debating

Expressing opinion

• As far as I'm concerned, ...

• Do you agree with me?

• What I mean is ...

• I see your point, but I think ...

All things considered, ...

• Asking for clarification

• Partly agree

• Summarizing

• Rephrasing

Choose the odd one:

• What do you think?

• That's not the way I see it.

• Would you agree with that?

• What are your thoughts on that?

Concluding:

• Taking everything into account, ...

• On second thoughts, you're right.

• You're absolutely right.

• Our final decision is ...

Pardon, could you repeat that, please?

• Asking for clarification

• Convincing someone

• Showing understanding

• Expressing opinion

Disagreeing

• That's all very interesting, but the problem is that ...

• I'm afraid I disagree

• Sorry, I didn't catch what you said.

• What I'm trying to say is

Choose the odd one:

• Yes, I understand, but my opinion is that ...

• I totally understand.

• I see your points.

• I know what you meant.

I see your point, but I think ...

• Concluding

• Summarizing

• Agreeing

• Partly agreeing

Surely you would agree that ...

• Agreeing

• Expressing opinion

• Partly agreeing

• Convincing someone

In other words,

• Summarizing

• Expressing opinion

• Rephrasing

• Concluding