Inglese Avanzato a Monza

Can Do Skills
Can express opinions and interpretations
Can articulate personal philosophies
Phrases
As I see it, ...
The way I see it,...
It's a question of ...
See / look at it from a different angle.
See / look at it in a different light.
I firmly believe ... l'm a great believer in ...
My (personal) philosophy is '" As a matter of principle
Idioms and Expressions downtrodden from dawn till dusk to scrape a living to make ends meet to slave away on the money wide of the mark keeping up with the Joneses
Can express opinions with specified degrees of knowledge and subjectivity
Can make predictions with specified timescales and degrees of likelihood
As far as I know, ...
As far as l'm aware, ...
As I understand it, '" My understanding is that...
The likelihood is that...
In ali probability, ...
There's every chance that...
The odds are that... in the not-too-distant future in the immediate future ... years down the line at some point (in the future) light years ahead/away the dim and distant past is a worrying trend is a nightmare scenario is a foregone conclusion is a safe bet has a slim chance is a distinct possibility is the great unknown
Can contrast opposing sides of an argument
Can argue a case credibly and persuasively
You/One could argue...
... arguably ...
On the one hand, ...
On the other hand, ...
Whereas;While.. .
..., though / although...
In addition, ...
Moreover, ...
Not only that, ...
This begs the question, ...
This raises the questions, ...
On balance, ...
Looking at the big picture, ... forbidden fruit
Better the devii you know than the devii you don't. in one fell swoop to hit someone in the wallet not clear-cut to open the floodgates
Can interpret, reformulate and build on other people's views
Can express agreement and disagreement tactfully and forcefully
So (effectively / in effect / in essence) what you're saying is...
In other words, ...
So, in a nutshell, you think...
So you're inferring that...
I would tend to agree.
I couldn 't agree with you more.
Well said. l'd be inclined to disagree.
I see/take your point, but... l'm not sure I fully agre e with you there.
That's fair enough, but...
You must be joking!
Come off it!
That's absurd! to cost the earth to loom large a white elephant to kick-start pie in the sky
Can describe and comment on social behavior
Can describe and comment on trends in society
People tend to...
There's a tendency to...
People seem compelled to...
People are reluctant to... There's a reluctance to... People feel the need to...
People seem obsessed with...
There's an obsession with... People seem hung up about... hang-ups...
There's a move away from...
There's a move toward... shotgun approach captive audience market segment to hammer home in the blink of an eye to clear a hurdle
Can make a structured, flowing presentation
Let me just outline what I intend to talk about.
Just to outline...
If I can start by giving you an outline/preview of ...
That ties up... / That covers...
So, moving on... l'd now like to move on to / turn to / look aL This is an important point / a key point.
This is a fundamental point. l'd Iike to dwell on this point far a moment.
Just to reiterate / recap." As I mentioned earlier...
We touched on this earlier" To conclude / sum up
This brings us to an important conclusion. to go haywire knockout ... body language
Can describe personal characteristics and attitudes
Can express objective and subjective views on interpersonal behavior is reliable / dependable / someone you can count on is a team player couldn't care less / has little or no regard for is easily led / is impressionable leads others astray / is a ringleader a closely knit team complicity between team members friction between team members backbiting / infighting in the team turf wars between teams there's ill feeling in the team / between the teams to get along like a house on fire to win your spurs to fan the flames to clear the air to be on the same wavelength to turn sour
Can describe graph trends emphatically
Can express insights into cause and effect to hover around the (10,000) mark to soar / rocket / shoot up / rally to drop plummet / spirai a spike / dip / bubble / crash ... led to ... / ... brought about ...
... driven by / triggered by / brought on by ...
.., fueled by ...
... tempered by .., ... a product of / the upshot of ... to bear/have the hallmarks of below par the bottom dropped out of the market to flog a dead horse self-fulfilling prophecy snowball effect
Can express insights into educational and professional experiences
Can relate personal skills and qualities to formative experiences
I learned a valuable lesson.
I learned the hard way that...
It was tough going...
It gave me a good grounding in...
I gained a good working knowledge of...
It was a character-building experience.
It taught me that / how to... to put your heart and soul into (a job) to move the goalposts to be thrown in at the deep end the stakes are high an eye-opening experience
Can participate in a collective decision-making process
Can report on sentiment and progress during a debate
They're at odds over a number of issues.
They agree on the matter in principle.
They've found some common ground.
They' re on the verge of an agreement.
The discussions have reached deadlock.
The majority are for, so the motion is carried.
The majority are against, so the motion is rejected.
The motion requires a simple majority.
... a qualified majority of ... %.
... unanimous supporto Ali parties have the right to veto the proposal. to be poles apart to dig your heels in to drag your heels to dodge the issue
Can express and solicit offers in a negotiation
Can report on progress and strategy during a negotiation the asking price the selling price to express interest to make an offer to raise objections to make concessions to grant a discount
What sort of price would we be looking at
In terms of discount, what sort of figure would we be talking about? in the driver' s seat rusty pay through the nose a big-ticket item to shop around rock-bottom to play someone at their own game a ballpark figure in the right ballpark on the table to play your cards close to your chest to do your homework
Can express analyses of past events with hindsight
Can express views on how past events might have been altered
With the benefit of hindsight, ...
Looking back, ... / In retrospeet, ...
Later, it turned out that...
Only later did it become apparent that...
At the time, ...
In the circumstances, ...
In the heat of the moment / On the spur of the moment If l'd known, I would've done things differently. / Had I known, I would've...
If they'd ..., things might have turned out differently.
They should've...
They could've... to set your sights on to go swimmingly in hot water in dire straits to sit it out to throw caution to the wind to hit home a close call
Can discuss problems analytically
Can explain the rationale behind proposed solutions
The key issues are...
The overriding issue is...
The crux of the problem is...
What it boils down to is...
We need to address the problem of...
We have to tackle the issue of...
As a means of resolving the problem, we should...
A top priority is to...
Our number-one priority has to be...
The most pressing problem is...
We need to sort this out as a matter of urgency.
We should channel our energy into sorting out... the long and short of it a non-starter a no-brainer to look at the big picture can't see the wood for the trees (the solution is) staring us in the face a tall order to take some (doing / sorting out) bite the bullet / take the bull by the horns
Can participate engagingly in social conversation l'm with you. / I see what you mean. / I get the picture.
That's right / That's (very) true. / Absolutely.
Oh dear. / Really? / How awful!
You're joking?
Talking about,.../ That reminds me, ...
On a similar subJectjnote, ...
Going back to what we were talking about before, .., Just changing the sUbject slightly, ... to talk the hind leg off a donkey can't get a word in edgewise a chatterbox a crashing bore
Can report on announcements and interviews objectively and subjectively pointed out that... c/ear/y spelled out... confirmed that... (categorically) denied that ... ru/ed out (any)... openJy admitted that...
Jet it be known that... made it abundant/y c/ear that... hinted at;that... gave the (distinct) impression that... was/were vague about... was/were coy about... was/wère guarded about... refused to be drawn on... stopped short of (admitting/confirming)... alluded to... to make no bones about in no uncertain terms doesn't mince words to call a spade a spade to be up front to pay lip service to to sidestep a question to sit on the fence