Advanced Discussion Phrases
C2
Expressing opinion
- To my mind
- I'm of the mind that...
- The way I see it,
- As I see it,
- From my point of view/perspective,
- I look at it like this...
- I'm a firm/big believer in...
- Look, here's what I think...
- If you ask me,...
- I hold the view that...
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Personalising the topic
- As far as I'm concerned...
- Speaking from personal experience I'd say that...
- In my experience,...
- I often find that...
- In my case, ...
- Speaking for me personally,...
- From what I've seen,...
- I can't speak for anyone else, but in my case...
- This is a topic that is close to my heart because...
- This really resonates with me personally because...
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Agreeing
- Totally/Absolutely/Exactly
- I think we're on the same page here
- I'm with you on that one
- I couldn't agree more
- Hear,hear!
- I'd go along with that
- I was just going to say that
- You took the words right out of my mouth
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Disagreeing
- I see what you mean but...
- I take your point but...
- I beg to differ I'm afraid
- I'm afraid I have to disagree with you there
- Yes but if we look at it from another angle...
- That's not exactly how I see it
- No, you've lost me there
- I'm afraid I just don't buy it
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Asking for opinion
- What's your take on this?
- Where do you stand on this topic?
- What do you reckon?
- Would you go along with that(after expressing opinion)
- What are your thoughts on this?
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Rephrasing
- What I mean is...
- I guess what I'm trying to say is ...
- In other words...
- To put it another way...
- How can I put this?
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Time buyers
- It's funny you should ask that...
- That's weird I was just talking about this the other day...
- Hhmmm That's a tough one...
- That's an interesting question...
- Now let me see
- Off the top of my head, I guess
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Adding additional points
- It's also worth bearing in mind that...
- Another point worth highlighting is ...
- What's more/on top of that ...
- It must also be pointed out that...
- Aside from that...
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Managing interruptions
- Sorry, I don't mean to interrup but...
- If I may ...
- Actually,...
- Before you go on...
- Could I just say...?
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