Business English for Beginner

In 2020, I was taking an online course about Business English on a platform. I think the course was quite easy to understand, so I took notes on my phone and I think it would be good to post it in my blog. So I can review this every time by visiting my blog.

Here's the summary of the course:

1. How to agree with people:

- Good. I think we are all agreed now.

- Yes. I agree with what you are saying

- I agree totally

- I agree with [name]. I think this is a good idea.

- You're quite right. We hadn't considered that.

- That's a good point.

- Yes, we’re happy with this for now.

2. How to disagree with people:

- For us it’s a little different/difficult. Please let me explain.

- Unfortunately, this will not be possible. Please can I explain.

- This timescale is very difficult for us. We will need more time to complete this project/action. Can we please discuss this?

- I’m sorry but this doesn’t work for us/me

- Can we please discuss an alternative solution?

- In fact, the situation is a little difficult/different – I would like to explain our position.

- I understand what you're saying, but ...

- I'm afraid that's out of the question.

3. Negotiating:

- This will be an issue for us. Can we discuss some alternatives?

- I understand. But our bottom line is very clear.

- My main concern at this stage is ...

- The main point that we’d like to emphasize is that…

- I would like to emphasize that ...

- We would like to propose

- We need to keep in mind that ...

- Let me repeat that it is ...

- We'd like to suggest a proposal that will hopefully benefit both sides.

- What about if we ...?

- I think we can accept that ...

4. Arranging a future meeting:

- Are you available to talk about this next Tuesday?

- When are you free to discuss this again?

- Let’s talk again next week for an update

- Would you be available for an update next Monday?

- What time is good for you?

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