Apologizing
- Don’t be upset, but . . .
- It was a slip of the tongue.
- I said it by mistake.
- I am sorry that . . .
(Dis)agreeing
- One hundred percent.
- Without question.
- Exactly right.
- Most certainly.
- Without doubt.
- In no way . . .
- That isn’t true at all.
- That is an exaggeration.
- I really can’t believe that.
- In principle that is true, but . . .
- Admittedly that is true, but . . .
- That’s one way to say it.
- Only up to a certain point.
- Certainly. Why not?
- I agree.
Closing
- That is all there is to say.
- That is all for now.
- To sum up . . .
- And there is the problem.
- I hope it is only a matter of time.
- That remains to be seen.
Filler
- Understandably.
- Frankly speaking . . .
- Between you and me . . .
- Anyway . . .
- Well then . . .
- Well, as a matter of fact . . .
- How can I put it?
- I must say that . . .
- First . . .
- Second . . .
- I would like you to know that . . .
- I am afraid that . . .
- Now and then it seems to me that . . .
- After all . . .
- As far as I am concerned . . .
- More and more . . .
- Actually . . .
- All joking aside . . .
- Now seriously . . .
Elaborating
- To be more precise . . .
- And what’s more . . .
- Since I am already talking about it . . .
- I would like to emphasize that . . .
- Should I explain in greater detail?
- Allow me to say it another way.
- That is to say . . .
- Nevertheless . . .
- Even though . . .
- That sounds like . . .
- And that is why . . .
Opening
- Thank you very much.
- That is a good question.
- That is such a difficult question.
- Once upon a time, long ago . . .
Passing
- Can you tell me please . . . ?
- Would you be interested in us talking about something else?
- And what do you think?
Qualifying
- To tell you the truth . . .
- I presume that . . .
- I hope that . . .
- In my opinion . . .
- If that is true . . .
- I don’t know exactly.
- I would like to think that . . .
- The way I see it is that . . .
- As you may know . . .
- I don’t have a big interest in that.
- If I understand correctly . . .
- As you already know . . .
- That isn’t such a big problem.
- That is a matter of opinion.
- As far as I know . . .
- I have the impression that . . .
- It is usually true that . . .
- You never know, but . . .
- I haven’t thought about it before, but . . .
- If I am not mistaken . . .
- I am not certain whether . . .
- Like every other man/woman . . .
- I have my own opinion on it, but . . .
- I am not an expert, but . . .
Quoting
- She said something like . . .
- My wife/husband pointed out that . . .
- Recently, I heard that . . .
- My better half said . . .
Switching
- Now it occurs to me that . . .
- By the way . . .
- I have an interesting story about it.
- And besides that . . .
- Oh, I nearly forgot . . .
- And one more thing . . .
- On the other hand . . .