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Meeting words a meeting a chairperson a secretary an agenda the minutes a participant an item apologies action point chair conference call participants handout board meeting conference a quick word AGM (annual general meeting) presentation focus group quorum Expressions with positive connotation look forward to something pull something off believe in a product network |
Vague time expressions for the time being after a while in a couple of weeks in a few minutes in a day or two the other day Verbs set up a meeting take minutes of a meeting carry out a decision have an agenda make decisions run a meeting Expressions with negative connotation have your head in the sand get negative feedback fail to see eye to eye on something let someone down |
Prepositions in: May / a week's time / the evening / 2012 at: seven o'clock / midday on: Friday evening / Monday morning / Thursday / the 28th (no preposition): yesterday / tomorrow / last week / next week by: the end of the week / the beginning of next month Office and business words attend a meeting / a fair accept arrange come up with an idea follow up on something order redesign a client a proposal a stand |
Expressions with time By the time I found a taxi, it was too late. I arrived just in time to catch the train. Jon arrived at the same time. Any time you need a lift, phone me. The meeting started on time. Next time I will prepare for the meeting. Let's have another meeting in a week's time. Phrasal verbs sort things out go through your material get something out of something keep the number of something down go on for too long note something down |
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Arranging a meeting It's time we had a departmental meeting. What day's good for you? Agreeing I totally agree with you. That sounds like a good idea. I agree with Marta up to a point, but ... I have to agree with Ben. That's exactly the way I feel. Making a request Can you arrange it? Can you make it to a meeting next week? Could you come over to my office? Starting a meeting I would like to welcome .... Would you like to tell us a little bit about ...? Our objective is to .... She's on her way. We're delighted to have you with us. Some opening remarks? We've got a lot of work ahead of us. Please join me in welcoming ... I have received apologies from ... I'm afraid ... can't be with us today. Offering to do something I'll ask the others. I'll get back to you. We'll be in touch. Giving a reason I'm in Rome on Monday. I'm booked up. I'm in a meeting all morning. I'll be out of the office all day. Giving opinions It seems to me that .... Can I just say that ...? I was just going to say that .... I think that the main problem is .... I don't see why .... Just one thing, .... |
Apologising I'm afraid I can't. Sorry. I'm sorry I'm late. Disagreeing I'm afraid I can't agree. On the contrary, ... Unfortunately, I see it differently. That's simply not true. Making a suggestion How about next Monday at 11 a.m.? Let's make it Wednesday. Why don't we get together and talk about it? Speaking to a foreign visitor Have you had a chance to look around the old part of the city? Have you had a chance to visit anywhere in the area? You might enjoy going to see a show. I don't know if you like Basque food, but there's a very good restaurant near the port. Are you going to try to see a bit of the city while you're here? If you're interested in architecture, there is a great tour you can go on. During a meeting The first item on the agenda is the budget. Can we move on to the next item? Let's skip item 4 and move on to item 5. Closing a meeting Before we close today's meeting, let me just summarise the main points. Let me quickly go over today's main points. Well, to sum up ... Idioms and phrasal verbs I can't make it to the meeting. I'm fazed by .... Do you have a say in what/how ...? You have to bear in mind that .... Give me the lowdown on .... Make up your mind about .... |
