Useful Language - MEETING

MEETING – Business English Unit 3

Starting

OK, let’s get down to business.

Right, can we start, please.

setting Objectives

The purpose of the meeting is …

The intention of the meeting is ..

The aims of the meeting are ……….

Asking for Reactions

How do you feel about …

What do you think ?

Dealing with Interruptions

Could you let him finish, please?

Could you just hang on a moment, please?

Keeping to the Point

I am not sure that’s relevant.

Perhaps we could get back to the point.

Speeding up

I think we should move on now.

Can we come back to that?

Slowing down

Hold on, we need to look at this in more detail.

I think we should discuss this a bit more.

Summarizing

Ok, let’s go over what we have agreed.

Right, to sum up then …