Dealing with questions

Clarifying a question

I’m afraid I didn’t quite catch that.

I’m sorry, could you repeat your question, please?
If I understood you correctly, you would like to know whether…

If I could just rephrase your question, you’d like to know…
Does that answer your question?

Avoiding giving an answer

I’m afraid that’s not really what we were discussing today.
I saw that in the work of...

Admitting you don’t know

Sorry, that’s not my field./ Sorry, that’s off the top of my head.
I’m afraid I’m not in a position to answer that question at the moment

 I’m afraid I don’t know the answer to your question, but I will try to find it out for you.

Delaying the answer

I'm glad you asked that question.
That's a good question/point/remark.

Can I answer that question later?
If you don’t mind, I’ll come back to this point later in my presentation.
Can we get back to this point a bit later?
Would you mind waiting until the question and answer session at the end?

Agreeing I agree with you 100 percent. I couldn't agree with you more. That's true. That's for sure. You're absolutely right. Absolutely. That's exactly how I feel. Exactly. I'm afraid I agree with Peter.I have to side with Dad on this one. No doubt about it. (weak) I suppose so./I guess so. You have a point there. I was just going to say that. I agree with you but there is another way of looking at it.
Disagreeing I don't think so. (strong) No way. I'm afraid I disagree. (strong) I totally disagree. That's not entirely true. On the contrary… I'm sorry to disagree with you, but… Yes, but don't you think… That's not the same thing at all. I'm afraid I have to disagree.   I'm not so sure about that. I must take issue with you on that. It's unjustifiable to say that... I beg to differ. (strong) I'd say the exact opposite. Not necessarily. That's not always true. That's not always the case. No, I'm not so sure about that.  









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