FUNCTIONS:
Agreeing
Disagreeing
Hesitating
Introducing your opinion
Asking for opinions
Expressing preferences
Asking for clarification
Expressing likelihood
Speculating, guessing
Advice and recommendations
Describing a picture
Agreeing
I think you’re right
I would go along with the idea
I completely agree with you
That makes perfect sense
You have a point there
Absolutely, that’s spot on!
I couldn’t agree more
Disagreeing
That’s not how I see it
I couldn’t agree less
You must be kidding
That’s a ridiculous idea, don’t you think?
With all due respect, I must disagree
I’m afraid I can’t see it that way
No way, that’s nonsense!
Hesitating
I’m in two minds about it
I have some reservations regarding that
I’m not entirely convinced
There’s something that gives me pause
While I’m not entirely opposed, I do have some doubts
Introducing your opinion
To my mind
I reckon
In my opinion
As I see it
It seems to me
I would argue
From my point of view
Asking for opinions
Don’t you think …?
What’s your attitude to …?
What’s your opinion of …?
Are you in favour of …?
What’s your position as regards …?
You don’t support …, do you?
Expressing preferences
I prefer…
I would rather…
My preference would be…
I tend to favour…
If I had to choose, I would…
I lean towards…
I am inclined to…
I’m a big fan of…
I really enjoy…
I’m into…
I absolutely love…
I’m crazy about…
I’m fond of…
It’s right up my alley
It’s my thing
I can’t get enough of…
It appeals to me
It’s growing on me
I wouldn’t miss it for the world
I’m not a big fan of…
I don’t really enjoy…
I’m not into…
I can’t stand…
I’m not fond of…
It’s not my cup of tea
It doesn’t do anything for me
I’m sick of…
It gets on my nerves
It puts me off
I’d rather not…
It leaves me cold…
Asking for clarification
Could you please elaborate on that?
Would you mind explaining that further?
I’m not quite sure I understand. Could you clarify?
Could you provide more details?
Can you expand on that point?
Expressing likelihood
“It’s a foregone conclusion that…”
“There’s no doubt in my mind that…”
“I am almost certain that…”
“It’s highly likely that…”
“Chances are that…”
“I wouldn’t be surprised if…”
“It’s possible that…”
“There’s a chance that…”
“It’s unlikely that…”
“I doubt that…”
Speculating, guessing
“It seems to me that…”
“My gut feeling is that…”
“From what I gather…”
“If I were to guess…”
“It would appear that…”
“I reckon that…”
“I suspect that…”
“In all likelihood…”
“There’s a distinct possibility that…”
“It’s plausible that…”
Advice and recommendations
“You might want to consider…”
“Perhaps you could try…”
“If I were you, I would…”
“One thing you could do is…”
“Have you thought of…”
“May I suggest…”
“It might be beneficial to…”
“Consider this approach…”
“Why not give this a go…”
“If it were up to me, I’d…”
Describing a picture
“In the foreground…”
“In the background…”
“In the center of the image…”
“On the left side of the picture…”
“On the right side of the picture…”
“At the top of the picture…”
“At the bottom of the picture…”
“The picture depicts…”
“The image illustrates…”
“The photograph shows…”
“One can see…”
“Notice how…”
“This scene captures…”
“This photograph highlights…”
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