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Debate Vocabulary PDF

This document provides debate vocabulary organized into categories: (1) Ways to begin stating one's position or contributing to a conversation. (2) Alternatives to saying "I think". (3) Expressions to stress a personal opinion. (4) Ways to agree or disagree. (5) Expressions for stating the opposite of what someone else said. (6) An expression for when you are quite sure of something. (7) Ways to ask a question. (8) Expressions for when you haven't understood. (9) An expression for correcting a mistake. (10) Ways to distinguish

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Debate Vocabulary PDF

This document provides debate vocabulary organized into categories: (1) Ways to begin stating one's position or contributing to a conversation. (2) Alternatives to saying "I think". (3) Expressions to stress a personal opinion. (4) Ways to agree or disagree. (5) Expressions for stating the opposite of what someone else said. (6) An expression for when you are quite sure of something. (7) Ways to ask a question. (8) Expressions for when you haven't understood. (9) An expression for correcting a mistake. (10) Ways to distinguish

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Material 14: Debate vocabulary

(1) When you start saying something / on the contrary! quite the contrary! just the
contributing to a conversation opposite!
First of all, I would like to say/state that That is the very opposite of what I said.
To begin with, I That is quite the contrary to what I said.
In the first line, I I maintain the contrary.
In contrast to what you said, I maintain
(2) What can you say instead of "I think" that...........
I would say/think
In my opinion (6) When you are "quite sure" of
To my mind something:
I am of the opinion that of course!
I hold the opinion that That goes without saying
It goes without saying that
(3) When you want to stress your I contend/maintain that................
"personal opinion": It's my conviction that..................
Personally I think
As far as I am concerned (7) When you want to "ask a question":
As for me May I interrupt you?
As I take it There arises the question/point whether/if
As far as I can see This question raises the whole issue

(4) When you "agree" or when you "don't (8) When you "haven't understood":
agree": I beg your pardon. / Pardon?
I entirely/quite agree with you. Could you repeat what you've just said? But
I agree to (with) her plan. slower, please./
I am of the same opinion. Could you slow down a bit?
I differ from/with you entirely.
I disagree with you: I am sure you're (9) If you should want to "correct a
mistaken. mistake":
I stick to my opinion. Excuse me (for interrupting) you should have
Let's agree to differ! said:"....."

(5) When you want to say the "opposite"


of what someone else said: 1
(10) When you want to distinguish one
aspect from the other: (13) When you want to "say the truth":
on the one hand - on the other hand To be frank (with you)
in general - in particular Frankly (speaking)
generally speaking To say the truth
on the whole
taken as a whole (14) And if you are "not sure":
at first sight - on second thoughts I don't know exactly.
I don't know for certain.

22(11) When you want to "add" something: (A) General phrases:


In addition in other words
Moreover in this respect
Furthermore to a certain degree/extent
Finally It depends on your point of view
in brief/short
(12) When you want to "emphasize" To be brief
something: To cut a long story short,......
I would like to lay (put) emphasis (stress) on Let me put it this way:....
the fact that.. I don't know. - I don't know either.
I just want to point out that Nor/Neither do I.

Add the following expressions to the given categories I agree with / disagree with you; I
see/understand your point but ; You’ve got a point / a case there but; I´m not sure.
whether …; I have doubts / reservations about ; I don´t see that working in practice. ; It may
work in the short-term / in the long-term. ; I think that´s debatable. ; Prove it! ; Your
argument is flawed because... ; What´s that got to do with the issue? ; You´re missing the
point. ; It´s ridiculous to suggest that.... ; My feeling is.. ; If you ask me... ; As for me.... ; Bear
in mind that … ; You´d better do ... ; Let´s face it.... ; In general... ; On the whole... ; As a
rule.... ; It goes without saying that... ; What´s more / in addition / furthermore ; What I´m
getting at is... / What I´m trying to say is.. / My point is... ; What is your point? What are
you driving at? ; You´re not serious, are you? ;You must be joking! That´s nonsense / rubbish
/ ridiculous.
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