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Speak up in meetings: 29 English phrases for getting a word in

29 phrases4 topicsevery phrase with momentsfrom 71 videos

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From “Getting in”

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Said in 39 lines across 26 videos

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This pack has 29 phrases that Talk picked to get a word in, add to a point and push back in a meeting, 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 29 phrases in Speak up in meetings, by topic

It starts with phrases like can I just, I was going to say and if I may, each said in real videos. Its moments come from videos such as “Faster than a calculator” and “Charlotte Wants Harry Back”.

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Getting in

5 phrases · 01/04
  1. can I justphrase3 momentsin 26 videos
  2. I was going to sayphrase2 momentsin 27 videos
  3. if I mayphrase1 momentin 9 videos
  4. let me finishphrase1 momentin 6 videos
  5. sorry to interruptphrase3 momentsin 6 videos

Adding to a point

9 phrases · 02/04
  1. as I saidphrase3 momentsin 137 videos
  2. going back tophrase1 momentin 163 videos
  3. I think we shouldphrase3 momentsin 61 videos
  4. one more thingphrase3 momentsin 41 videos
  5. I totally agreephrase3 momentsin 28 videos
  6. good pointphrase3 momentsin 28 videos
  7. I would arguephrase2 momentsin 19 videos
  8. on that notephrase2 momentsin 14 videos
  9. for what it's worthphrase3 momentsin 7 videos

Asking questions

10 phrases · 03/04
  1. what do you meanphrase3 momentsin 67 videos
  2. to be clearphrase3 momentsin 40 videos
  3. can I askphrase3 momentsin 23 videos
  4. can you explainphrase3 momentsin 21 videos
  5. to clarifyphrase2 momentsin 15 videos
  6. how does that workphrase3 momentsin 20 videos
  7. I have a questionphrase3 momentsin 14 videos
  8. quick questionphrase3 momentsin 9 videos
  9. correct me if I'm wrongphrase2 momentsin 5 videos
  10. tell me morephrase2 momentsin 3 videos

Pushing back

5 phrases · 04/04
  1. hold onphrase3 momentsin 221 videos
  2. push backphrase2 momentsin 44 videos
  3. take a step backphrase3 momentsin 30 videos
  4. come back to thatphrase3 momentsin 15 videos
  5. my concern isphrase2 momentsin 9 videos

Where the phrases in Speak up in meetings come from

Phrases
Picked by Talk.
How Talk picked them
We drafted 34 phrases for speaking up in meetings (getting in, adding to a point, asking questions and pushing back), 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.

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  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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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 Speak up in meetings?

We drafted 34 phrases for speaking up in meetings (getting in, adding to a point, asking questions and pushing back), 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 Speak up in meetings come from?

Talk picked them. We drafted 34 phrases for speaking up in meetings (getting in, adding to a point, asking questions and pushing back), 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 Speak up in meetings 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 29 phrases in this pack have at least one moment, 18 have all three.

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