Starting and getting your point across Well, firstly/ To begin with/I’ll start by There are two points here, firstly… and secondly… You also have to consider I strongly believe… Well, if you ask me… Well, there’s no doubt that I expect that/ I believe/ I guess that/ I suppose that I doubt whether What’s important/interesting is that There’s probably a good argument for Disagree I’m afraid I can’t agree I see what you mean but Well, I’m not sure whether That isn’t strictly true What you mean by that? Well, it depends on what you mean Interacting That's interesting I think that Interesting point I would add Hmmm I hadn't thought of that before Have you considered What about Can I add something here? In other words (paraphrase) I understand./ Oh I see /I get it (You mean ) So, what you mean is Let me see if I understand you correctly What I think you're saying is