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Political English. Part I... |
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The_Adventuress (Learning_English)
Head of State - 
Heads of State -
President -
Vice - President - -
Premier (Prime-Minister) - -
Deputy Prime-Minister - -
Foreign Minister (Minister of Foreign Affairs) -
State Secretary - ( )
Foreign Secretary -
Foreign Ministry -
State Department - ( )
Foreign Office -
The UN Secretary-General -
Defence -
Defence Minister -
An Ambassador -
An Embassy -
A visit -
An official visit -
An unofficial visit -
A state visit-
A 3-day visit -
A return visit -
To arrive on a visit -
To be on a visit to a country -
To pay (make) a visit -
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Rucci (Learning_English)
(Mister/Madam) chairman.
May I have a word?
If I may, I think...
Excuse me for interrupting.
May I come in here?
I'm positive that...
I (really) feel that...
In my opinion...
The way I see things...
If you ask me,... I tend to think that...
Are you positive that...
Do you (really) think that...
(name of participant) can we get your input?
How do you feel about...?
That's interesting .
I never thought about it that way before.
Good point!
I get your point.
I see what you mean.
I totally agree with you.
Exactly!
That's (exactly) the way I feel.
I have to agree with ( ).
Unfortunately, I see it differently.
Up to a point I agree with you, but...
(I'm afraid) I can't agree
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Rucci (Learning_English)
Good morning/afternoon, everyone.
If we are all here, let's get started / start the meeting / start.
Please join me in welcoming ( )
We're pleased to welcome ( )
I'd like to extend a warm welcome to ( )
It's a pleasure to welcome ( )
I'd like to introduce ( )
We're here today to ...
I'd like to make sure that we ...
Our main aim today is to ...
I've called this meeting in order to ...
I'm afraid.., ( ) can't be with us today. She is in...
Unfortunately, ( ) ... will not be with us to day because he ...
I have received apologies for absence from ( ), who is in ().
To begin with I'd like to quickly go through the minutes of our last meeting.
First, let's go over the report from the last meeting, which was held on ()
Here are the minutes from our last meeting, which was on ()
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Business Letter Vocabulary... |
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Rucci (Learning_English)
Attachment
block format
body «» ,
bullets
certified mail
coherent ,
concise
confidential, personal
diplomacy, diplomatic
direct mail, junk mail
double space
enclosure
formal
format
heading
indent
informal
inside address
justified margins
letterhead
logo
margin ,
memorandum (memo) ,
modified block format
on arrival notation ( «»)
postage
proofread
punctuation
reader-friendly ,
recipient
right ragged ,
salutation
sensitive information
single spaced
spacing
tone
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Answering the phone... |
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Rucci (Learning_English)
Answering the phone 
• Good morning/afternoon/evening, York Enterprises, Elizabeth Jones speaking.
• Who's calling, please?
• This is Paul Smith speaking.
• Hello, this is Paul Smith from Speakspeak International.
• Could I speak to John Martin, please?
• I'd like to speak to John Martin, please.
• Could you put me through to John Martin, please?
• Could I speak to someone who …
• I'm afraid Mr Martin isn't in at the moment.
• I'm sorry, he's in a meeting at the moment.
• I'm afraid he's on another line at the moment.
• Just a moment, please.
• Could you hold the line, please?
• Hold the line, please.
• I'm sorry, I don't understand. Could you repeat that, please?
• I'm sorry, I can't hear you very well. Could you speak up a little, please?
• I'm afraid you've got the wrong number.
• I've tried to get through several times but it's always engaged.
• Could you spell that, please?
• One moment, please. I'll see if Mr Jones is available.
• I'll put you through.
• I'll connect you.
• I'm connecting you now.
• Can I take a message?
• Would you like to leave a message?
• Can I give him/her a message?
• I'll tell Mr Jones that you called
• I'll ask him/her to call you as soon as possible.
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/ Licence... |
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Rucci (Learning_English)
— to issue a licence
- to get / to obtain a licence
- — manufacture under licence from smb
- Copyright
... - A license agreement includes the transfer of...
- Only a patent holder has the right to use the invention
- Industrial design of the article
... - The license treaty provides...
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/ Documents... (Part IV) |
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Rucci (Learning_English)
working paper
circulate / distribute documents
section
() process / duplicate documents
miscellanea / other business
time-table / schedule
distribute documents
work up the wording of a document
resolution
summary (of a paper)
recommendation
decision
note / footnote
joint draft resolution
agreed text
statement / report
press release
write / draw up a report
draw up / fix a list
list of speakers
corrigenda / errata
() information on
verbatim record
verbatim record / report / transcript
() brief outline of a report title-page
constitution; charter; rules; regulations
approve the agenda
financial report
circular letter
1-, 2- . . book / part I, II, etc.
fair / clean copy
copy
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/ Documents... (Part III) |
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Rucci (Learning_English)
paragraph / subsection
original text
agenda
prepare / draw up a report
sub-heading
sub-paragraph
amendment
consequential amendment
comment / commentary
rules
staff regulations
rules of procedure
preamble
provisional agenda
preliminary report
preliminary draft
previous speaker
debates
appended documents
/ adduce /append to the minutes / record
appendix / annex
programme of work
circulate the attendance|
( ) number a document
minutes / record
paragraph / subsection/item / point / count
item on / of the agenda
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