Sta­ting your opi­ni­on:



I think...

I be­lie­ve...

In my opi­ni­on...

I would say...

I'm sure...

Sta­ting rea­sons:



I think so be­cau­se...

Let me give you an ex­am­ple: ...

The rea­son is...

Well, it's a fact that...



Agre­e­ing with so­me­o­ne:



Yes, that's true.

I think you're right.

I agree (with you).

I think so, too.

That's a good/an im­portant point.

Dis­agre­e­ing with so­me­o­ne:



I know, but...

Sorry, I don't agree with you.

I don't think so.

I don't think that's true.

Sorry, I can't be­lie­ve that.

I'm not sure if...

If you want to ask for so­me­thing:



Could you say that again, plea­se?

Do you mean that... ?

I don't quite un­der­stand what you mean.

Can you plea­se ex­p­lain what you mean?

Could you give me another ex­am­ple, plea­se?

Plea­se ex­p­lain what you mean.

Be­gin­ning:



The topic of our sta­ti­on is...

We (most­ly) tal­ked about the state­ment(s)...



Main part:



Our most im­portant ar­gu­ments were...

We agreed/dis­agreed on...

The rea­son for this is...

We (don't) think the state­ment... is true be­cau­se...



Con­clu­si­on:



All in all...

To sum up, we think that...



If you for­get what you wan­ted to say:



Just a mo­ment, plea­se.

Let me think for a se­cond.