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SOME USEFUL LANGUAGE
Responding positively | Responding negatively |
Yes, certainly. Yes, I think so. I’m afraid, yes. You are right. That’s right. I’m sure. Sure. Yes, I am. / Yes, I was. / Yes, I do. / Yes, I did. / Yes, I will. / Yes, I have. No doubt. Looks like that. I totally (quite) agree with you. Right you are. That goes without saying. Yes, I’m with you. I’m 100% behind you. That’s great. OK All right. I see your point. | Certainly, not.. No, I don’t think so. I’m afraid, not. You are not right, I’m afraid. That’s not right. I’m not sure. Sure. No, I’m not / No, I wasn’t. / No, I don’t. / No, I didn’t. / No, I won’t. / No, I haven’t. Far from it. It doesn’t look like that. I totally disagree. You must be joking! It’s out of the question. I’m afraid you are wrong. Nothing of the kind. That’s crazy! No way! Nonsense. I don’t see what you are driving at. |
Expressing opinions, linking ideas
I think … I suppose … I believe … I guess …. It seems … It appears … It turns out … As a matter of fact, … The fact is … The problem is … The trouble with … is … As to (as for) … Concerning this, … That is why … Hence … It’s important to say that … I would add that … I can’t but say … So far as … is (are) concerned, … Keeping this in mind, I can … Taking into account the fact that … Coming back to … In order to … | As far as I know (understand) … If I’m not mistaken, … I wouldn’t put it like this. It depends. I mean to say … I don’t means to say … In this case … No wonder! In my opinion (view) … One can (may, must, should) say that … I’d like to … On the one hand … on the other hand … Compared to … Depending upon … In addition, … There’s a fifty-fifty chance that … It’s next to impossible. By no means. I know that … It deals with … This involves … As a result, … For this reason, |
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