Useful Phrases Dialog

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did not get what you said Can you be more specific? / Can you give me an example of that? / What exactly do you mean? Excuse me, I didn't quite catch what you just said. Do you mean ...? Referring to an earlier point I would like to come back a point you made earlier, namely Taking the conversation in a new direction I would like to pick up on what you said about ... Playing for time So far, we have only looked at the (did)advantages of ... let us now look at it from a different perspective Something we both have not mentioned / ignored so far is ... One top of everything we just said, we must also consider that ... I would like to bring up another issue Right. Would you agree that we've completed this phase? Summarizing - Let me look at my notes for a second, I want to make sure that ... What you said relates to what we said about ... So, what you are basically saying is that ... am I right? I guess what I am trying to say is ... - Ending the conversation We have spent a lot of time talking about ... let's see where we agree and where we disagree To sum up ... / To put it in a nutshell ... / I think the main point is Now let's quickly go through the issues again that have been raised Useful words in general I think timer is almost up so we should reach a decision In conclusion we can say that So, to come to an end... We are almost finished, and I would like to briefly ... Regarding/ as far as ... is concerned On the one hand ..., on the other hand While / whereas However / yet / nevertheless Although / in spite of that / despite the fact that Similarly / equally / in the same way First / first of all / to begin with Moreover / furthermore / in addition Another (important) point to consider is ... One must not forget that ... Apart from / Except from Because of/ due to / owing to / since Therefore / as a result / consequently Both ... and ... show Both have in common I am not sure whether this would get us where we want to be