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Absolutely not.
Absolutely right.
Absolutely.
According to
According to recent reports
According to the latest reports
After you.
All feelings aside,
All in all,
All right.
All right.
All righty.
All things considered,
Allowing for the fact that
Allowing for the fact that
Also,
Although not directly relate to this,
Am I going too fast?
Am I missing anything here?
Am I missing something here?
Analogously,
Analogously,
And I quote,
And another thing,
And besides that,
And not only that,
And now I'll turn the mic back to
And so?
And then?
Another thing is,
Another way to say the same thing would be,
Any chance of getting X?
Any problems so far?
Any questions before we stop?
Any questions?
Anyone have X?
Are you asking if X, or if Y?
Are you following me?
Are you kidding?
Are you saying that
Are you with me?
Aren't you forgetting about X?
Aren't you ignoring the fact that...
Aren't you jumping to conclusions?
Aren't you mixing apples and oranges?
Aren't you stretching it just a bit?
As I mentioned before,
As I see it,
As I understand it,
As I was saying before,
As I've already/previously indicated,
As a general rule,
As a matter of course,
As a matter of course,
As a result,
As expected,
As far as I can tell,
As far as I can tell,
As the author states,
As the editors point out,
As the saying goes,
As the writer puts it,
As this next slide illustrates,
As we'll see in the next chapter,
As we'll see when we get to the next section,
As with the previous model,
As would be expected,
Assuming that X can
At the risk of sounding naive,
Barring anything unforeseen, X should
Barring the unexpected, X will
Based on recent research,
Based on this research, how should we view
Be that as it may, it still doesn't change anything.
Be that as it may, what about X?
Because
Before I answer, I'd like to hear what the rest of you think.
Before I continue, I just wanna mention that
Before I forget
Besides,
Best case scenario is that X would
Building on that,
But in the long run...
By all indications, X ought to
By and large,
By the way
By way of summary,
Call me if you need anything.
Can I ask you a favor?
Can I interrupt for a minute?
Catch ya later!
Come on, help me out here.
Come to think of it,
Concurrently,
Confidentially,
Consequentially,
Consider it done.
Contrary to what we would expect,
Could I just say something
Could we hold that for later?
Could you explain why
Despite my misgivings,
Diametrically opposed to
Did that clear it up?
Did you have a question?
Did you want to say something?
Disproportionately,
Do you get it?
Do you get what I mean?
Do you happen to have X?
Do you happen to know about X?
Do you have a minute?
Do you mean
Do you seriously believe X?
Do you seriously believe that X?
Do you still have...?
Do you understand?
Does that clear it up?
Does that make sense?
Does your silence mean you agree?
Don't quote me on this, but
Due to time constraints
Essentially,
Even so...
Even though
Exactly!
Exactly.
Excuse me.
Fantastic!
Few have said it better than
Finally,
First of all,
For all intents and purposes,
For all intents and purposes,
For arguments sake, let's just say that
For example,
For my part,
For starters,
For the most part,
For the record
For what it's worth,
Frankly speaking,
From my lay perspective,
From my perspective
From my point of view
From what I've been told,
From what I've gathered,
From where I sit,
Furthermore,
Furthermore,
Generally speaking,
Getting back to X,
Getting back to the issue at hand,
Give 'em hell!
Given that timeline, X would
Given those circumstances,
Glad you reminded me!
Go ahead.
Go for it.
Good idea!
Good job.
Good question. Would anyone like to take a crack at that?
Good work.
Got it?
Gotta run, but let's try to set another appointment time.
Have at it.
Have you considered
Having neglected to consider that
Having neglected to consider that
Hey
Hey, can I ask you something?
Hmmm.
Hold it.
How about
How about the rest of you?
How can I help?
How does that sound?
How would we relate these issues to
How's that possible?
How's that sit with you?
I appreciate your interest in
I can live with that.
I can see what you're saying, but...
I can see what you're saying, but...
I can see where you're coming from.
I can't accept that.
I can't thank you enough.
I concur.
I could be wrong, but
I could do with X.
I could use X.
I could use some help on this.
I couldn't agree with you more.
I didn't think of that before.
I don't have a problem with that.
I don't mean to imply that
I don't see it that way.
I don't understand how / why
I guess that's it for now.
I hate to break it to ya, but
I hate to say this, but
I have a big favor to ask you.
I have a problem with that.
I have a question about X.
I have no use for...
I haven't figured out yet whether
I just realized . . .
I know you could do it.
I know!
I may have missed something here, but
I see my time's up, so I'll close with this final comment.
I see your point.
I see.
I stand corrected.
I take full responsibility.
I think that's everything
I think that's it
I think you're missing the point.
I totally agree.
I would prefer not to.
I'd be interested to hear where you got that.
I'd be willing to say that
I'd just as soon not...
I'd like to comment on that.
I'd like to give that some thought.
I'd like to have some time to consider that.
I'd like to hear your perspective.
I'd like to interject.
I'd like to jump in here.
I'd prefer not to comment on that at this time.
I'd prefer to comment on that later.
I'd rather not.
I'd say you're on shaky ground there.
I'm inclined to agree.
I'm not complaining.
I'm not convinced.
I'm not really sure whether
I'm not sure I understand.
I'm really running late, so
I'm sorry I can't stay longer, but I'll be happy to continue our discussion via e-mail.
I'm sorry to hear that.
I'm sorry, but
I've really got to be going now, but
If I may be permitted a brief digression
If I may say something here.
If I might add something here.
If I were you,
If that's the case, then X might,
If there are no glitches, then X could
If you ask me,
If you ask me,
If you want my opinion,
If, and only if, X can
In a word, no.
In all honesty,
In all likelihood, X will
In any case,
In brief,
In comparison to
In conclusion,
In contrast to
In direct opposition to
In effect,
In keeping with the party line,
In light of the new information, should we modify our view of
In my case,
In my mind,
In my opinion,
In order to avoid any misunderstandings
In other words
In other words,
In relation to
In the event that X could
In the immortal words of
In theory, X ought to
In view of the fact that
In your opinion, what are the
Inevitably,
Invariably,
Is it true that
Is that clear?
Is that what you were asking?
Is there any... ?
Is there anything I can do?
Isn't it possible that
Isn't it true that
Isn't that a bit farfetched?
Isn't that only true if
It is not surprising that
It seems to me that
It should come as no surprise that
It suits you.
It was good to see you.
It would be safe to assume that
It would be safe to assume that.
It would naturally follow that
It's a go.
It's basically a given that X will
It's been nice talking with you.
It's been said that
It's worth considering whether
Jump in anytime.
Just hold on a minute.
Just suppose for a minute that
Keep it up.
Keeping in mind that
Lastly,
Let me back up and start again.
Let me bring things back into focus.
Let me close by saying
Let me know what I can do.
Let me see if I'm following you here.
Let me try to put it another way.
Let me try to unravel some of this.
Let's not get sidetracked.
Let's see if I've got it:
Let's try to stick to the point.
Listen
Lookin' Good!
Looking back to what we saw earlier,
Looks like our time's up, so
May I suggest
Maybe a better way of saying this is
Maybe, but have you considered...
Maybe, but haven't you considered...
Measured against
Mhm.
Might I suggest
Moreover,
Most likely, X can
Moving on to X,
My bad!
My condolences.
Never say die.
Nevertheless...
Nice going!
Nice seeing you again.
Nice try.
No matter how you look at it,
No objections here.
No problem.
No way.
No, I'm afraid not.
No-one has said it better than
Not from where I'm sitting.
Not in my book.
Not on your life.
Not quite.
Not to mention the fact that
Now let's look at X.
Now let's turn to X.
Now that I think about it,
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but
Now, having heard my thoughts on the matter
Now, how can we go about distinguishing among
Now, if I understand you correctly,
Now, where were we? Ah yes,
Oddly enough,
Of primary concern is that
Off the record,
Oh wait. . .
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Oh, and also
Oh, really?
Oh, yeah.
Ohhh.
Okay then.
Okay, if that's what you want.
Okay, that's a logical objection.
On further reflection,
On reconsideration,
On second thought
On second thought,
On the contrary,...
On the other hand,
On the whole,
One more thing...
Oops!
Ordinarily,
Owing to the fact that
Painful though this may be,
Perhaps I'm not making myself clear.
Perhaps it's already been mentioned, but
Perhaps we should
Plus the fact that
Possibly, but I doubt it.
Primarily,
Proportionately,
Provided that X could
Putting that aside for a moment,
Questions, comments?
Realistically,
Really.
Really.
Really?
Really?
Relative to
Remembering that
Returning now to a point I made previously,
Returning to X,
Right.
Right.
Rumor has it that
See ya soon!
Seeing as how
Shoot!
Similarly,
Since
Since you put it that way,
So far, so good.
So if I've got it right, your position is that
So the whole point of this is
So what we've seen is that...
So what you're really saying is that
So what you're trying to tell me is that
So,
So, according to your theory,
So, in a nutshell,
So, what can we say about
So, what does that tell us about
So, you see,
So...
Sorry about that!
Sorry to rush off, but,
Sounds good to me.
Strange as it may seem,
Sure!
Taking into account the fact that
Tell me more about X?
Terrific!
Thank you for the opportunity to present my
Thank you for your attention.
Thanks a ton.
Thanks for the reminder!
Thanks for your help!
Thanks so much.
That about does it for today.
That doesn't add up.
That just wouldn't work.
That makes no sense whatsoever.
That may be true, but...
That must have been awful.
That pretty much covers it.
That reminds me of
That should do it
That sucks.
That was my mistake.
That would seem to be correct.
That's a blatant lie.
That's a good argument.
That's a nuisance.
That's a shame.
That's a very good question, because it raises the issue of X.
That's an erroneous assumption.
That's an intentional distortion.
That's awful.
That's besides the point.
That's definitely worth considering.
That's got my stamp / seal of approval.
That's great!
That's highly unlikely.
That's just not possible.
That's just the point.
That's my fault.
That's not what I'm saying.
That's not where I'm going with it.
That's only one way of looking at it.
That's out of the question.
That's terrible.
That's too bad.
The (main) point is that
The bad news is
The best way I can answer at this time is to say that
The bottom line is
The fact of the matter is,
The floor is yours.
The information I got was that
The interesting thing is that
The latest is that.
The main reason we need to do X is
The next thing is,
The point is,
The question still remains as to X.
The real issue here is that
The real problem is that
The significant thing is that
The study claims that
The trouble is
The way I see it,
The way it seems to me,
The writer asserts that
The writers propose that
Then what happens if / when
Then what?
Then would I be correct in assuming that
Theoretically speaking, X could
There are a few holes in that argument.
There's not a word of truth in that.
There's not a word of truth in that.
There's really no other way to say this, but
Therefore,
This is reminiscent of the other theory...
Thus,
Time and again,
To begin with,
To borrow a phrase from the author,
To conclude,
To elaborate on that,
To expand on that,
To get back on track,
To jump ahead a bit,
To make a long story short,
To me,
To piggyback on what Mary just said
To pull it all together,
To put it another way,
To put it bluntly,
To put it more simply,
To start with,
To sum it all up,
To tell you the truth,
To the best of my knowledge, X should
Unless I don't have the whole story,
Unless X could
Unlike the previous concept,
Using that approach, would it change our position on
Wait a minute.
Way to go!
Well, I'd like Mary to speak to that.
Well, anyway,
Well, at any rate,
Well, in that case,
Well, it's difficult to say exactly, but
Well, let me think about that.
Well, okay,
Well, on the surface, it looks as if
Well, that's a new one to me.
Well...
Were you going to ask something?
What I mean is
What I'd really like is to get X.
What I'm looking for is X.
What I'm trying to get are X.
What I'm trying to say is
What a bummer.
What a pity.
What about
What about X?
What about you?
What are your feelings?
What are your thoughts?
What can we do to help?
What do you think?
What else must be taken into account when considering
What if
What if we
What it all boils down to is,
What other criteria must be considered in analyzing
What steps can be taken to determine
What we have to realize is that
What we have to remember is that
What would I do without you?
What's more,
What's that supposed to mean?
What's the possibility of getting X?
What's up?
Whatever.
When comparing
When it gets down to the professional nitty-gritty,
Where do you stand?
Where'd ya get that idea?
Whether you like it or not,
Which brings us to the end of
While I'm aware that
Who among us is not familiar with
Whoa
Why not try
With all due respect...
Within this same framework,
Word has it that
Would it be possible to
Would you care to cite your sources?
Would you consider
Wouldn't it be better to...
Wouldn't it be possible to
Wouldn't that be related to X?
Wow!
Wrapping up
Yeah, but then what?
Yeah.
Yes!
Yes, but aren't you forgetting...
Yes, but what if
Yes, but,...
Yes, without a doubt.
Yes.
Yet,
You can do it!
You can say that again.
You did?
You didn't?
You don't say!
You got it.
You got it.
You have my whole-hearted support.
You make a good case.
You might want to recheck your facts.
You must be kidding.
You raise an interesting question, but
You seem to be barking up the wrong tree.
You won't get a 'no' from me.
You wouldn't happen to have X, wouldja?
You're a life-saver!
You're all set.
You're missing the point.
You're way off base.
You've been a huge help!
You've gotta be kidding.
You've taken it out of context.

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This collection of verbal stratagems will help you to expand your repertoire of expressions for various communication contexts.

Credits: These examples have been collected over the years by Brenda Prouser Imber and Carson Maynard of the English Language Institute, University of Michigan. Thanks to the Language Resource Center at the University of Michigan for providing a mobile interface that was developed using jQuery Mobile.

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