Interrupting

Interrupting politely


Excuse me,
Pardon me,
Sorry to interrupt,
May I interrupt (for a minute)?
Can I add something here?
I don't mean to intrude, but . . .
Could I inject something here?
Do you mind if I jump in here?

Getting back to the topic

Anyway,
Now, where was I?
Where were we?
What were you saying?
You were saying . . .
To get back to . . .

Clarifying

Clarifying your own ideas


In other words,
What I mean is . . .
What I'm trying to say is . . .
What I wanted to say was . . .
To clarify,

Asking for Clarification

What do you mean (by that)?
What are you trying to say?
What was that again?
Could you clarify that?

Clarifying another's ideas


You mean . . .
What you mean is . . .

What you're saying is . . .
(I think) what she means is . . .

What he's trying to say is . . .
If I understand you, (you're saying that . . . )
If I'm hearing you correctly,
So, you think (that) . . .
So, your idea is . . 

Elaborating

Asking for Elaboration


Could you elaborate (on that)?
Could you tell me a little more about it?
Could you give (me) some details?
Could you fill me in on that?
Could you expound on that?
What else can you tell us (about that)?
Is there anything else you can tell us?
Is there more to it?

Elaborating


To elaborate,
To give you more information,
Let me explain.
Let me elaborate.
Let me tell you a little more (about it).
Let me give you some details.
What's more,

Discussion Techniques

Opening a discussion


To begin with,
We need to discuss . . .


determine
find out

Let's start by (V ing)
We'll start by (V ing)
The problem here is . . .


issue
question

The important thing (here) is . . .
The main thing we need to discuss is . . .
Let's look at . . .
It looks like . . .
It appears that . . .


Asking for input

What do you think?
How about you?
How do you feel about that?
Any ideas on that?


Responding

(That sounds like a) good idea.

Sounds good.
The problem with that is . . .
That raises the issue of . . .


brings up

Contrasting and Classifying

Contrasting

On the other hand,
However,
Yes, but . . .
You may be right, but . . .
I may be wrong, but . . .
Correct me if I'm wrong, but . . .

On the contrary,

Classifying

There are five kinds of . . .
There are two types of . . .
There are three categories of . . .

We can divide (this) into three parts:

1)
2)
3)
This can be broken down into four sections.
They are:
A)
B)
C)
D)

Exploring Options

Asking for input


What do you think (about . . . )?
How do you feel (about . . . )?
Any ideas?
What are the alternatives?

Exploring Options


Let's look at Option 1.
What (do you think) about Plan B?
How about the third alternative?
Let's consider Bob's proposal.

Moving on


Let's move on to Option 2.
What about Plan C?
Let's look at the fourth choice.
How about Mary's idea?
Should we move on to the next point?
Before we move on, we need to consider . . .

Supporting Opinions

Giving your opinion


I think that . . .
I don't think that . . .
In my opinion . . .

Asking for support or details

Why do you think that?
Could you elaborate?
Could you give (me) an example?
Can you illustrate that?
What evidence do you have?
Could you explain it in more detail?
Could you provide some details?

Supporting your opinions

Let me illustrate,
For example,
For instance,
To give you an example,
Let me give you an example,
To elaborate,
First, (second), etc.

Common food groups

 Most common meats = lamb or mutton (mutton = sheep ), pork or beef

 Most common poultry = chicken, turkey, goose, duck, pheasant 

 Most common game = rabbit, hare, partridge, pheasant

 Most common seafood = fish, prawns, shrimps, lobster, scallops, mussels, crab

 Most common vegetables broccoli, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, beans, garlic, green onions, red onions

 Most common fruit apples, orange, banana, watermelon, strawberries, plums,

Different parts of meat vocabulary

Ways food is cooked

boiled –

Mrs Jones boiled the rice.

The potatoes were cooked in boiled water.

steamed –

Mrs Smith steamed the fish over a pan of boiling water

fried / sauteed –

cooked in oil in a wok or a frying pan

Mr bean loves to eat fried egg in the morning.

Mr Jones fried the bacon for is sandwich 

stir-fried –

fried fast using a wok in hot oil

pan-fried –

fried in a frying pan

Mr bean fried the steak in the frying pan.

steak can be pan-fried. 

Face and head parts in English

Using head parts in sentences

Mrs Jones had lovely long blonde hair that was half way down her back.

Mrs Bean what colour hair does she have? she has brown hair or she has fair hair

Eyes are used for seeing things with. Mrs Jones had very good eyesight and could see very far.

Mr Bean what colour eyes have you got? I have got blue eyes or could have brown eyes or grey eyes

Mrs Bean needed to wear glasses as she had poor eyesight

Nose are used to smell things with.

Mr Jones was in the garden and is nose still managed to smell the bread is wife was making for him.

Ears are used to hear things with.

Mr Beans ears started to hear music from somewhere and started to dance.

Mr Bean had large ears but he still didn't have very good hearing.

Mrs Bean liked to wear large earrings in her ears which made her look very pretty.

Mrs Bean liked to wear bright red lipstick on her lips when she went shopping.

Pink lipstick is Mrs smith favorite color she likes to put on her lips.

The weather was very cold today and made Mrs Beans cheeks go red.

Mrs bean was worried as the baby had very red cheeks.

Clothes and accessories for men, women and babies vocabulary

Men's clothes

1. Suit / suits: Suits can be worn by men a women suit are different to a mans suit.
2. Waistcoat / waistcoats: Are worn with a suit although women tend not to wear them.
3. Long-sleeved shirt / long-sleeved: Shirts Shirts are worn with suits, but also can be worn with trousers or jeans.
4. Short-sleeved shirt / short-sleeved shirts:
5. Tie / ties: Ties are worn with shirts and also when wearing a suit.

Women's clothes

1. dress / dresses: A garment for women and girls, that consists of bodice and skirt in one piece.
2. Blouse / blouses: Worn with a women's suit or with a skirt.
3. Skirt / skirts: Skirts are only from the waist down and can vary in length.
4. Tank-top / tank-tops: A item of clothing that as no arms and has shoulder straps.

Uni-Sex (clothes that can be worn by a man or women)

1. Coat / coats: Coats normally are waist length, but can be as long as ankle length, and are used to protect us from the weather.
2. Jacket / jackets: most jackets are waist length and open down the front.
3. T-shirt / t-shirts: a light garment where the short sleeves, t-shirts get there names as when laid flat look like the letter t.
4. Polo shirt / polo shirts: a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, normally of cotton, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.
5. Trouser / trousers: Worn with a shirt or as part of a suit, however they can be worn with a t-shirt as well.
6. Jean / jeans: Normally are a blue colour , but can be most colours and Levis are a popular brand.
7. Short / shorts: Can be knee length or shorter depending on the style.
8. Jumper / jumpers or pullover / pullovers: A garment that is pulled over your head so it can be worn.
9. Cardigan / cardigans: Normally a collarless knitted sweater or jacket that opens down the front.
10. sweatshirt / sweatshirts: A garment that is pulled over your head so it can be worn.

Baby clothes

1. Nappy / nappies: Used on babies till they are toilet trained.
2. Baby grows: Covers the whole body and is fastened on the back.
3. Dummy / dummies: To help sooth babies.

HoIiday and leisure clothes

1. swimming trunk / swimming trunks: Can be a pair of shorts or skin tight pair of briefs.
2. bikini / bikinis: A 2 piece costume ladies wear on the beach or swimming.
3. swimsuit / swimsuits / or swimmimg costume / swimmimg costumes: A 1 piece item that covers the body from the neck to the waist.

Underwear men

1. boxers
2. briefs
3. y-fronts
4. vest / vests

Ladies underwear

1. bra / bras
2. knicker / knickers or brief / briefs:
3. tights
4. stockings or suspenders:
5. vest / vests