
Speak Business English Like An American covers over 350 idioms and expressions you're likely to encounter in today's business world. Familiarize yourself with all of them.
250 Ways to Say It in Business English » Asking
Could you please?
Could you please give me all the data you have?
Would you mind?
Would you mind informing me of the consequences?
I wonder if you could
I wonder if you could hand me the fact sheet on Dynacore.
What do you know about?
What do you know about Peter's background?
Do you have?
Do you have any information on the Lambeth Square project?
Could you provide?
Could you provide us with the hard facts?
Why don’t you?
Why don‟t you give us an example?
Can you illustrate that?
Can you illustrate that with a real-life case?
What evidence?
What evidence do you have?
How will you back that up?
How will you back up your proposal?
May we have?
May we have further details?
Could you elaborate on?
Could you elaborate on how you intend to make this work?
Is there any additional?
Is there any additional aspect to consider before we vote?
We need more
We need more data. One projection is just not enough.
Could you provide?
Could you provide some extra information on the touch-screen market?
Could you add?
Could you add more details to the second point, please?
Could we have more particulars?
Could we have more particulars on your experience is mecatronics?
Could you give us further details?
Could you give us further details on this scheme?
What else?
What else can you add to convince us better?
Any more information?
Do you have any more info or have you already shown us everything?
Is it included in the price?
Is breakfast included in the price?
What time?
What time is dinner served?
Do you have a special menu?
Do you have a vegetarian menu at the restaurant?
Jim is intolerant to gluten
Jim is intolerant to gluten. Is there anything for people with celiac disease?
I’m allergic to
I’m allergic to nuts. Do you have any nut-free ice cream?
Could I contact you?
Could I contact you at the agency later on?
How do I get in touch with you?
How do I get in touch with you if I have a problem with the system?
How can I reach you?
How can I reach you at the weekend? I don’t have your home number.
What’s your?
What’s your e-mail?
Could I have your?
Could I have your office address please?
What do you mean?
What do you exactly mean when you say taxes will be raised?
Could you clarify?
Could you clarify whether coffee is or isn’t good for you?
I didn’t understand
I didn’t quite understand that last step. Could we go over it again?
Could you explain?
Could you explain to me how that is going to work?
I don't follow you
I just don’t follow you. Why do you insist on discontinuing the line?
How do you?
How do you operate this machine?
What is the best way?
What would you say is the best way to start this letter?
Can you show me?
Can you please show me how to fill this form?
Do you know?
Do you know anything about taxes? Could you help me fill out my return?
How should I go about it?
How should I go about asking for a raise? Shall I speak to Jack first?
Would you like to ask?
Would you like to ask anything?
Do you have any query?
Do you have any query on my presentation?
Is it clear?
Is everything clear?
I’m ready to answer
I’m ready to answer any question you might have.
Is there anything you’d like?
Is there anything else you’d like me to explain?
Would you like to come to the stand?
Lenny, would you like to come over to the stand?
Allow me to give the floor to
Allow me to give the floor to our next speaker.
I would like to invite
I’d like to invite Reverend Reynolds to give us his opinion.
I’d like to call on
I’d like to call on Dr Richards. Are you here, Doctor?
I believe someone would like to make a point.
I believe James would like to make a point. What is it, James?
Could you reply to that?
Edith, could you reply to that, please?
Would you care to question?
Would you care to question Mr Jones? He’s better qualified.
I’d rather she answered to that
I’d rather Lorna answered to that. Would you mind, Lorna?
Why don’t we ask?
Why don’t we ask Peter? He is the expert in shipping.
Let’s address this query to
Let’s address this query to Sam. Are you ready, Sam?
Can we get your input?
Can we get your input, Alex?
How do you feel about?
How do you feel about lengthening the contract?
What’s your opinion?
What’s your opinion on wearing loafers to the meeting?
What do you think?
What do you think we should do with the Carnegie affair?
Do you have any suggestions?
Do you have any suggestions for this committee?
What does your company do?
What exactly does your company do?
What are your main products?
What are your main products in the detergent category?
Which do you specialize in?
Which sector do you specialise in?
Which services do you provide?
Which services could you provide for us?
Where are you located?
Where are your headquarters located in Europe?
Could you give me some information?
Could you give me some information on your services?
What can you tell me about?
What can you tell me about this dynamo?
What features does it have?
What features does this hydraulic press have?
What are the specifications?
What are the specifications of the switchboard?
Where can I buy it?
Where can I buy the MXC lava lamp?
What’s the price?
What’s the price for one thousand units?
How much does it cost?
How much does the whole system cost?
What do you charge?
What do you charge for a hundred grams?
Could you give me your fees?
Could you give me your fees for the high season, please?
What are you asking for this?
What are you asking for this vase? It can’t be very much ...
Who is in charge?
Who is in charge of operations?
Who is running?
Who is running the Saudi Arabia division now?
Who is accountable for this?
Who is accountable for this mistake?
Who will be blamed?
Who will be blamed? I'm sure it will be me!
Under whose responsibility?
Under whose responsibility was the test conducted?
Would you mind waiting?
Would you mind waiting outside, please? There's a couch by the window.
Could you hold on?
Could you hold on? I'll finish this and shall be with you in a minute.
Just a second, please
Just a second, please. Yes, how can I help you?
Could you remain?
Could you remain here for minute, please? I'll get the manager.
Just hang around
Just hang around for a while. I'll try to sneak you in through the back door.
How long will?
How long will it be before you fix the leak?
Is he going to take a long time?
Is the Doctor going to take a long time?
How delayed?
How delayed is the flight?
Do you think we should wait?
Do you think we should wait? It's eleven and nothing has happened yet.
When will?
When will the speech end? I'm tired of sitting here!
When could we receive?
When could we receive the goods?
What are your shortest delivery times?
What are your shortest delivery times for Madagascar?
How long will it take to arrive?
How long will it take to arrive at our factory?
When can we count on having it?
When can we count on having it ready for shipping?
Could we get it by?
Could we get it into port by next Tuesday?
What are your payment conditions?
What are your standard payment conditions?
Could we talk about payment terms?
Could we talk about payment terms later? I'm in a hurry now.
How do you normally get paid?
How do you normally get paid? We generally send a cheque.
Would a letter of credit be all right?
Would a letter of credit be all right? It's the best method.
What about paying in instalments?
What about paying in instalments? We do need some financing.
When is your next payment date?
When is your next payment date? I can't wait forever.
When will my cheque be ready?
When will my cheque be ready? On Monday?
According to our records
According to our records you still owe us € 4,500.
Your instalment is past due
Your monthly instalment is past due. Do you have any problem?
When shall I pass by to collect?
When shall I pass by to collect? I do need the cash.
What does it look like?
What does the building look like?
How big is it?
How big are the offices?
How much does it weigh?
How much does this container weigh?
How high is it?
How high is the whole structure?
What’s it made of?
What are the pens made of? Metal or plastic?
What does it include?
What does the rental contract include?
Is furniture provided?
Is furniture for the stand provided or do we have to bring our own?
Is there?
Is there a crane we could rent? Our machines are very heavy.
Do the facilities have?
Do the facilities have a parking lot?
What features?
What special features does the venue have?
Where is?
Excuse me, where is the market?
How can I get?
How can get from Bloor Street to Lambeth Square?
Could you give me directions?
Could you give me direction to the Royal Albert Hall?
What’s the best way to get reach?
What’s the best way to reach London? On the M1 or the M40?
Which route do you recommend?
Which route do you recommend from Burlington to Boston?
Could he?
Could he lead a team of ten experienced salesmen?
Are you able to?
Are you able to work under pressure?
How well do you?
How well do you know the UNIX system?
What about her?
What about her experience in public relations? Could she handle the press?
Do her skills include?
Do her skills include touch typing?
What are their strengths?
What are their mains strengths? Marketing? We can beat them there.
What do you do best?
What do you do best? I need to know before I help you write your CV.
Don’t they have any weak point?
Doesn’t this team have any weak point? Are they all great players?
What is she good at?
What is Betsy good at? Selling. She’s a pro at that.
Aren’t they vulnerable at all?
Aren’t they vulnerable at all? What if we reduce all our prices?
What do you need?
What do you need a new plotter for?
What are the requisites?
What are the requisites? For instance, can a foreigner buy property here?
What is required?
What documents are required for the whole importation process?
Is this necessary?
Is it necessary to spend so much money in new equipment?
Is it a must?
Is a coffee machine a must? Can't we just all have tea at the office?
Could you lend me?
Could you lend me $100? I'm broke!
May I borrow?
May I borrow your ski clothes? I'm going to Aspen this weekend.
Do you mind if I use?
Do you mind if I use the Jeep this evening?
Will you let me have?
Will you let me have your boat over the weekend?
I would need to use
I would need to use a Mac for the presentation. Do you have one?
Could I?
Could I have a look at the new designs?
May I?
May I use your washroom?
Do you mind?
Do you mind if we borrow your printer for a couple of hours?
Is it okay?
It is OK to bring Lenny with me the next time?
Would it be all right?
Would it be all right for Dan to use your car tomorrow?
Could you help me?
Could you help me with this report?
Would you mind helping me out?
Would you mind helping me out? My math skills are not that good.
Could you possibly assist me?
Could you possibly assist me? I can't understand this ATM.
Can you spare a few minutes?
Can you spare a few minutes? I need a bit of support here.
Could I ask you for a favour?
Could I ask you for a favour? How does this programme work?
I could use your help.
I could use your help. Can't you see I'm carrying heavy boxes?
I need some help
I need some help. I know you understand this better than I do.
Help!
Help! Can anyone explain Economics to me?
I need a favour
I need a favour. Do you see those books? Can you bring them down?
Could you lend me a hand?
Could you lend me a hand? I tried to fix this by myself but couldn't.
What are your?
What are your current projects in the solar energy sector?
What are you developing?
What is the R&D department developing nowadays?
What are your initiatives?
What are your initiatives in the field?
What are you up to?
What exactly are you up to? A new type of windmill?
Have you come up with anything?
Have you come up with any exciting new idea recently?
Why?
Why do we need another flavour? We already manufacture forty-one!
What can you use this for?
What can consumers use this product for?
What does it do?
What does this new engine do that makes it more efficient?
What the purpose?
What's the purpose of hiring new salespeople if demand is slow?
Could you explain the object?
Could you explain the object of calling for yet another meeting?
What do you do?
What do you do? I’m a teacher.
What business are you in?
What business are you in? Stocks? Bonds? Mutual funds?
What’s your line of work?
What’s your exact line of work? All I know is that you’re an engineer.
What’s your job?
What’s your job? Are you in the advertising world too?
Where do you work?
Where do you work? Also at Dynacore? Well, this is a coincidence!
What's up?
What’s up? Why have the lines stopped production?
What's happening?
What’s happening in Detroit? Haven’t they finished the assignment yet?
What are you working on?
What are you working on now? Still on the MRT routine?
Anything new?
Anything new in the merchandising world?
What’s the current situation?
What’s the current situation in the metrology field?
What are your plans?
What are your plans for next year?
What’s your projection?
What’s your projection on developments in the field?
What’s your forecast?
What’s your forecast for this coming season?
What do you expect?
What do you expect will happen once Murphy takes office?
What do you anticipate?
What do you anticipate? Will the new model outsell the old one?
Could you replace me?
Could you replace me tomorrow? I've got an appointment with the dentist.
Would it be possible for you to take over?
Would it be possible for you to take over from me? I don't feel well.
You might have to stand in for
You might have to stand in for Colum. He has to travel to Ireland.
We need a substitute
We need a substitute teacher for a few days. Could you come in?
Can you take my place?
Can you take my place for an hour? I'm meeting Ian at the station.
Could you explain?
Could you explain your reasons for delivering the goods late?
How can you justify?
How can you justify this price increase?
I don't understand why
I don't understand why we always have problems with quality.
Why is it that?
Why is it that you're charging us a commission?
How come?
How come your cheque always gets lost in the post?
Sorry, I didn't catch that
Sorry, I didn't catch your last sentence. It's too noisy here.
I missed that. Could you repeat it, please?
I missed your explanation. Could you repeat it, please?
Pardon?
Pardon? I didn't get what you said about Harvey.
Excuse me
Excuse me. Could you read that once again please?
What did you say?
What did you say? I think I understood you wrongly.
What was that again?
What was that again? I'm afraid I'm a bit deaf.
What should we?
What should we do now?
How can we work it out?
How can we work it out? Do you think you have the answer?
What’s the way?
What’s the best way to solve this crisis?
What is the solution?
What is the solution? Shall we reset the system?
How do we?
How do we fix the engine?
Do you actually mean that?
Do you actually mean that Dynacore will be taken over?
Is it true that?
Is it true that Jo is leaving?
Are you certain about this?
Are you completely certain that these figures are right?
Is it sure?
Is the takeover sure?
Are you one hundred percent positive?
Are you one hundred percent positive? If so, we'll buy the stock.
Could I make a point here?
Could I make another point here? Apart from expensive, the car is ugly.
I’d like add
I’d like to add that Malone has generally been right in his forecasts.
Could I say something?
Could I say something about Hugh’s proposal?
May I interrupt?
May I interrupt you for a minute, Jessica?
I’d like to make a comment.
I’d like to make a quick comment. We need to finish in ten minutes.
What do you think?
What do you think about this proposal?
Would you like to add?
Would you like to add anything, Cynthia?
Has anyone else got anything?
Has anyone else got anything to contribute?
Are there any more?
Are there any more comments?
How do you feel?
How do you all feel about this issue?
Where do you stand?
Where do you stand regarding Liam's attitude? Are you for or against him?
Whose side are you on?
Whose side are you on? Ours or theirs?
Who do you intend to back?
Who do you intend to back? Frank or Russ?
Which one do you agree with?
Which line of thought do you agree with, Malcolm?
Make up your mind, please.
Make up your mind, please. You have to choose between Eric and me.
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