2022_영어발표와토론
□ I see your point. □ I understand what you mean. □ I can make sense of ... Checking understanding □ ► Do you understand? □ ► Do you see/know what I mean? □ ► Is this/everything clear (now)? □ ► Do you follow me? □ ► Are you with me? Expressing difficulty in understanding □ ► It (still) isn’t clear to me what this means. □ ► (Sorry/I’m afraid) I don’t know what you mean. □ ► I’m sorry, did you say “...”? □ ► I’m not sure I understand. Are you saying that ...? □ ► Do you mean ...? □ What do you mean? □ What does that mean? □ I’m not following you. □ I don’t get it. □ I can’t make out what you’re saying. □ Could you say that again, please? □ It’s beyond my understanding. □ It is difficult to understand. □ It is hard to make out. □ I’m sorry, but I can’t hear you. □ Your question/answer is vague. □ I think your statement is ambiguous. □ Could you clarify ...? □ What’s the difference between X and Y? Asking for information to be repeated □ ► Excuse me? □ ► I’m sorry? □ ► What did you say? □ ► I beg your pardon? □ ► Would you say that again, please? □ ► Can/Could you repeat that? □ Say that again, please. □ Can/Could you speak up, please? Following up on a question □ That’s not really what I was asking. My question is about ... □ Perhaps I didn’t make my question clear. In fact, what I asked was ... □ I think you’ve answered a slightly different question. What I would like to know is ... □ I understand that, but what I actually had in mind was ... Resolving misunderstandings □ ► That’s not (exactly) what I meant to say. □ That’s not what I mean. □ That’s (quite) different from what I said. □ I’m sorry. I think you misunderstood what I meant. □ I didn’t mean it quite that way. □ Something seems to have gone wrong between us. Expressing the same idea differently □ In other words, ... □ That is to say, ... □ To put it another way, ... □ The point I’m making is ... □ What I’m suggesting is ... □ What I meant to say ... □ Let me put it another way. C. Concluding remarks □ After considering all the main points, ... □ Taking everything we’ve discussed into account, ... □ All these points lead to ... □ In conclusion, the core point is ... □ To finalize the debate, ... 166 I Useful Expressions
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