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Support material: Requests General requests Could I ask you to … ? • I must ask you not to … . • I must insist that … . • I would be grateful if you … . • I would like to know … . • It would be very helpful if you … . • Would you be kind enough to … ? • Would you mind … ? Refusing a request I am afraid I must decline … . • I am afraid I will not be able to … . • I am not in a position to … . • I’m sorry, but I have to reject … . • I can’t possibly manage it. • I regret to have to inform you that … . • It is out of the question for me to … . • It will be very difficult for me to … . • You cannot expect me to … . Asking for clarification How to express lack of understanding I beg your pardon, but I don’t quite understand. • I don’t quite see what you mean. • I don’t quite see what you’re getting at. • I’m not quite sure I can follow you. • I’m not quite sure I know what you mean. • I’m not sure I got your point. • Sorry, I didn’t get your point. • Sorry, I didn’t quite hear what you said. How to ask for clarification Are you claiming … ? • Are you saying that … ? • Can you be more specific? • Can you clarify that for me? • Can you share some examples? • Can you spin that concept out for us? • Could you be more explicit? • Could you be more specific, please? • Could you clarify that, please? • Could you explain what you mean by … ? • Could you give us an example? • Could you put it differently, please? • Could you repeat please? • Could you say that again, please? • Do you mean … ? • How did you reach that conclusion? • How does that statement apply to … ? • I wonder if you could say that in a different way. • So you are saying … ? • What are the implications of that statement? • What are you implying? • What do you mean by … ? • What do you really mean? • What does that mean? • Why do you think that? • Would you elaborate on that, please? Clarify your ideas I mean … . • In other words, … . • My point is that … . • That’s to say … . • That’s why … . • The reason is that … . • Therefore … . • Try to see it from my point of view. • What I really mean is … . • What I’m getting at is … . • What I’m trying to say is … . 1 2 3 4 25 11 Transport and tourism Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv