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Learn 41 of the most common English phrases for leading a business meeting in this short video. You will learn phrases to guide the discussion, delegate tasks, plan the agenda and much more.

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The sentences in this lesson:

Welcoming/thanking the participants
– First of all, I would like to welcome everyone and thank everyone for coming to today's meeting.
– I would like to start by thanking you all for your willingness to meet at such short notice.
– Hello everyone and welcome.

Introducing people
– Before we start, let me introduce…
– I would like to introduce you to…
– Let's go around the table and introduce ourselves.

Apologies for absent people
– Unfortunately, George cannot be here today – he apologizes.
– I would like to apologize on behalf of Mr. Neary. He can't be with us today because…

Handling the minutes
– Let's review the minutes of our last meeting, which took place on June 16.
– Simon, can you please take the minutes today?

Plotting the agenda
– The purpose/goal/objective of today's meeting is…
– The first item on the agenda is…
– Then we move on to point 2, which is…
– Then we look at…
– And finally we discuss…

Asking for opinions
– Monika, what is your opinion about this?
– Mohamed, how do you see it?
– Natalia, can you give us your feedback?
– Does anyone want to say something about this?
– Does anyone have anything to add?

Need clarification/explanation?
– What exactly do you mean by…?
– Can you explain that in more detail?
– Would you go through that again, please?
– I'm not sure if everyone follows it. Would you mind explaining that again?

Managing the discussion
– I think we can move on to the next point.
– If no one has anything to add, we'll move on to the next item.
– I'm afraid we don't have time to discuss that at today's meeting. Let's add it to next week's agenda.
– I'm sorry, but I have to stop you there. We must stick to the agenda.
– We will come back to that at the end of the meeting.
– We're running out of time, so let's move on.

Delegate tasks
– Wolfgang, can you keep everyone informed of the latest developments?
– Rachel, can you please continue with…
– Pat, please contact…

To summarize
– Let me briefly summarize what we discussed today.
– Before we finish, I want to summarize the main points.
– We have decided to…
– We agree that…

Closing of the meeting
– Well, I think this covers everything.
– That brings us to the end of this meeting.
– Our next meeting is on…
– Thanks everyone.

Music credits:
Intro music: Far Away by MK2
Background music: Honey and Milk by The 126ers

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