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Run a demo or pitch: 30 English phrases for presenting

30 phrases4 topicsevery phrase with momentsfrom 74 videos

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I want to talk about

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Bill Gates: Teachers need real feedback

Said in 306 lines across 207 videos

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This pack has 30 phrases that Talk picked to open a demo, show how it works and take questions, in 4 topics. Every one comes with moments from real videos, so you hear each phrase the way people say it at work and beyond.

All 30 phrases in Run a demo or pitch, by topic

It starts with phrases like I want to talk about, today I'm going to and let's start with, each said in real videos. Its moments come from videos such as “You are contagious” and “Can We Break the Universe?”.

Tap any phrase to hear it and play its moments from real videos.

Opening

8 phrases · 01/04
  1. I want to talk aboutphrase3 momentsin 207 videos
  2. today I'm going tophrase3 momentsin 132 videos
  3. let's start withphrase3 momentsin 112 videos
  4. imagine ifphrase3 momentsin 168 videos
  5. the goal isphrase3 momentsin 57 videos
  6. we're buildingphrase3 momentsin 52 videos
  7. our mission isphrase1 momentin 8 videos
  8. what if you couldphrase3 momentsin 6 videos

Showing it

11 phrases · 02/04
  1. let me show youphrase3 momentsin 141 videos
  2. take a look atphrase3 momentsin 240 videos
  3. as you can seephrase3 momentsin 229 videos
  4. if you look atphrase3 momentsin 176 videos
  5. here's how it worksphrase3 momentsin 106 videos
  6. you'll noticephrase3 momentsin 74 videos
  7. what you're seeingphrase3 momentsin 59 videos
  8. the best partphrase3 momentsin 63 videos
  9. the cool thing isphrase3 momentsin 55 videos
  10. this slidephrase2 momentsin 6 videos
  11. this is where it gets interestingphrase3 momentsin 7 videos

The results

5 phrases · 03/04
  1. it turns outphrase3 momentsin 440 videos
  2. what we foundphrase3 momentsin 35 videos
  3. a big improvementphrase3 momentsin 10 videos
  4. a huge opportunityphrase2 momentsin 9 videos
  5. the data showsphrase2 momentsin 4 videos

Closing and questions

6 phrases · 04/04
  1. to wrap upphrase2 momentsin 32 videos
  2. in conclusionphrase3 momentsin 36 videos
  3. any questionsphrase3 momentsin 31 videos
  4. thank you for your timephrase3 momentsin 16 videos
  5. let me know what you thinkphrase2 momentsin 10 videos
  6. over to youphrase1 momentin 5 videos

Where the phrases in Run a demo or pitch come from

Phrases
Picked by Talk.
How Talk picked them
We drafted 34 phrases for demos and pitches (opening, showing how it works, results and questions), plus the other ways people say them (contractions, British and American forms), counted how many of Talk's spoken videos say each one, and kept those heard in at least three lines across two or more videos, with at least one clear moment.
What Talk changed
Grouped into 4 topics, with the forms Talk looks for in captions, how many Talk videos say each phrase and up to three video moments. This list is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meanings
From Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Princeton WordNet, used under the WordNet licence. WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

How to practice with Run a demo or pitch

  1. Try any phraseTap a phrase to hear it and play its moments from real videos. No account needed.
  2. Start the packPick 5, 10 or 20 new phrases a day. Talk adds them to your daily review, after the ones you have due.
  3. Keep what you needKeep a phrase to practice it, or mark one you already know. A kept phrase comes back over the days ahead, with another of its moments.
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Questions about Run a demo or pitch

Do I need an account to use Run a demo or pitch?

No. You can read every phrase, hear it and play its moments without signing in. A free account is only for starting a pack: Talk then adds 5, 10 or 20 of its phrases a day to your review and keeps your progress.

How did Talk pick the phrases in Run a demo or pitch?

We drafted 34 phrases for demos and pitches (opening, showing how it works, results and questions), plus the other ways people say them (contractions, British and American forms), counted how many of Talk's spoken videos say each one, and kept those heard in at least three lines across two or more videos, with at least one clear moment.

Where do the phrases in Run a demo or pitch come from?

Talk picked them. We drafted 34 phrases for demos and pitches (opening, showing how it works, results and questions), plus the other ways people say them (contractions, British and American forms), counted how many of Talk's spoken videos say each one, and kept those heard in at least three lines across two or more videos, with at least one clear moment. The list is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How were the moments in Run a demo or pitch picked?

Each moment is one caption line from a video in Talk's catalog where the phrase is said. A phrase gets up to three, each from a different video, and a moment is dropped when its line no longer matches the video's captions. All 30 phrases in this pack have at least one moment, 23 have all three.

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