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Meeting Expressions

The document provides expressions and phrases commonly used in meetings, including how to open, run, and conclude a meeting. It also includes tips on agreeing and disagreeing during discussions, as well as corrections for common mistakes in meeting language. Overall, it serves as a guide for effective meeting management and communication.

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Meeting Expressions

The document provides expressions and phrases commonly used in meetings, including how to open, run, and conclude a meeting. It also includes tips on agreeing and disagreeing during discussions, as well as corrections for common mistakes in meeting language. Overall, it serves as a guide for effective meeting management and communication.

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Meetings expressions

have
hold
run
chair
organise
TO postpone or put off A MEETING
cancel or call off
attend or participate in
arrange
schedule
reschedule

do
make
How to run a meeting ?
1. Opening meetings.
2. Stating the purpose/ aim/ objective of the meeting.
What’s on the agenda ?
Who would like to write the minutes ?
3. Suggesting ideas and justifying arguments
Listening and reacting to the others’ ideas
Inviting people to speak
Agreeing/ Disagree I am agree/ I am not agree
4. Reaching an agreement/ coming to a consensus.
AOB ? Any Other Business
5. Summarizing what has been said.
6. Rescheduling a meeting.
When are you available ? Would Thursday 10 am suit you ? I am afraid I can’t make it on Thursday ? What about
Friday instead ?
Meeting expression-opening

you all coming Thank for Thank you all for coming.

We
Shall
start
weShall
makeaamake
start

Shall
Let’s begin,
Let’s , we
shall
? we
begin
?

The
The is
main
main
objective
of the meeting
of the meeting
objective
is to
to

I everybody’s
I suggest to go round suggest
the tabletheandview
get table
and get view
everybody’s viewfirst.
first.
Meeting
expression-agreeing/disagreeing
perfectly
You’re perfectly
’re rightright
You

Icouldn’t
couldn’tI more
agreeagree
more

You
Youthere
may have
have aa point
may point
there

Iagree
don’t really
don’t Iagree
really

II am
hereafraid
afraidI can’t
with I agree withagree
can’t am you here
you
Can you correct these mistakes ?

I am agree with you I agree with you

According to me To my mind/ In my opinion

The entreprise offers its The company offers its


customers some incentives to customers some incentives to
build their fidelity. build their loyalty
Many American firm cut their Many American firm cut their
costs by externalising to India costs by outsourcing to India
The company could offer her
The company could offer its staff
staff voice formation in order to
voice training in order to
improve the quality of her
improve the quality of its service.
service.

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