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In Meetings

Use these phrases when you need to participate in business meetings and share your progress with colleagues.

Key Phrases

I have completed the main tasks, and now I am ready to start the next part.

💡 Use this to give a positive update about your progress on a project.

We might experience a small delay because we have not received the final data yet.

💡 Use this to explain why a task is not finished on time.

Could you please explain that point again because I want to make sure I understand?

💡 Use this when you need someone to repeat or clarify information.

I suggest that we set up a short meeting tomorrow to discuss these new problems.

💡 Use this phrasal verb to schedule a conversation with your team.

I completely agree with that idea because it will help us to save a lot of time.

💡 Use this to support a colleague during a discussion about work.

I understand your point, but I think that this solution could be very expensive for us.

💡 Use this to disagree politely while explaining the reason for your opinion.

We could try another method if the current plan does not give us the result we want.

💡 Use this to suggest a different option when there is a problem.

If we carry out these actions, we will solve the main issues before the deadline.

💡 Use this first conditional to show the positive result of a plan.

Let us quickly go over the decisions that we have made during our discussion today.

💡 Use this to summarize the results of a meeting before you finish.

Practice Dialogue

Project Lead
Good morning everyone, let us start by discussing the updates for our new project design.
Designer
I have already finished the first layout, but I might need some help with the colors.
Project Lead
Could you please show us the draft now so that we can check the details together?
Designer
Here it is, although I think we should choose a simpler style for the mobile app.
Project Lead
I understand your point, but this colorful option will attract more customers to our website.
Designer
If we use too many colors, the users might find the interface very difficult to read.
Project Lead
That is true, so I suggest that we create a second version with fewer colors tomorrow.
Designer
I agree with that decision, and I will carry out the changes as a result.

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