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Business English presentation to help you politely interrupt someone during a meeting.
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INTERRUPTINGInterrupting a speaker in a business meeting
CHAIRINTERRUPTING
• OK Fred, if I could just quickly interrupt you there...
• Nick, sorry to interrupt but I’d like to hear some other views on this.
• If I could just stop you there for a second.
CHAIR STOPPINGINTERRUPTION
• Just a moment, Dave. I’ll come back to you in a minute.
• One at a time, please.
• Please, let him finish what he was saying.
PARTICIPANTSINTERRUPTING
• Excuse me, can I just interrupt quickly?
• Come I come in here?
• Can I just briefly comment on that?
• Can I piggyback on what Shelly was saying?
STOPPING ANINTERRUPTION
• If I could just finish what I was saying.
• May I just finish my point?
• No, just one minute, please.
• I haven’t finished what I was saying yet.
REASON FORINTERRUPTING
• I’d like to point out that the data is from 2009.
• I’d like to add something to that point...
• I’d like to piggyback on what you just said.
• That’s a good point. I’d like to develop it a bit.
COMMENTING
• That’s a good point, Mike.
• I see what you saying, Jim.
• Yes, you’re spot-on.
CONTINUING ANINTERRUPTING
• Thanks for bringing that up. Perhaps we should talk more about it.
• Let’s talk a bit more about this new point.
DECIDING ANDCLOSING
• I think we need to discuss this further.
• I think we should have some more information on this.
• I would like to take this away and look at it in more detail.
• Let’s put this on next week’s agenda.
• Let’s leave this until next week.
TIME
• We’re running out of time.
• Unfortunately, we don’t have anymore time to spend on this.
• OK, everyone, we’re almost out of time.
• We getting really behind schedule.
CLOSING
• We have to bring this to a close.
• I think we’ve covered everything we’d planned to.
• I don’t think there’s anything else left.
DECIDING
• I really would like a decision before we close the meeting.
• Can we come to a decision before we leave?
• Are we all ready to make a decision?
COMPLETINGAGENDA
• I think we’ve covered everything.
• OK. That’s everything on the agenda.
• Does anyone have anything else before we finish?
• Is there any other business?
• Are there any final questions before we call it a day?
CONFIRMTASKS
• John, you’re doing the report on...
• Dave, you’ll get the data and email it me before the end of the week?
• Steven, you’ll sort out the arrangements for the next meeting?
NEXT MEETING
• Let’s set a time for our next meeting.
• Is July 8th a convenient day for our next meeting?
• I’ll confirm the date and location of our next meeting by email.
• I’ll email you the time of our next meeting.
CLOSING THEMEETING
• OK. Let’s finish there. Thank you all for coming and I’ll see you again the next week.
• It’s getting late. Let’s call it a day.
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