II. Personal attitudes.

II.1 ASKING ABOUT SOMEONE’S OPINION

194 What do you feel about ... ?

195. What do you think about ... ?

196. What's your opinion of ... ?

197. How do you see ... ?

198. How would you react to ... ?

199. Do you have any particular views on ?

II.2 OPINION

200. I think that ...

201. I believe that ...

202. As I understand it ...

203 .In my view ...

204. In my opinion ...

205. As far as I know ...

206. As I see it ...

207. To my mind ...

208. I consider that ...

209. It's my feeling that ...

210. From where I stand ...

11.3 AGREEING / DISAGREEING

211. That's quite right .

212. That's true .

213. Exactly so !

214. I'm with you there .

215. I'm of the same opinion

216. I absolutely agree with ...

217. I don't agree .

218. Not really .

219. I'm not sure , in fact.

220.That's wrong !

221. I don't think that's right .

222. I don't see why...

II.4 PERSUADING

223. Why don't you ... ?

224. You'd better (rather) ...

225. Can't I persuade you ... ?

226. Won't you ... , please ?

227. It's in your interests to ...

11.5 CORRECTING

228. I think this information is incorrect .

229. I'm sorry, there has been some misunderstanding.

230. You are mistaken, if I may say so.

231. I really do have to correct you .

232 .As far as I know .

233. As a matter of fact .

234. In my opinion you should correct it .

235.I think it may be more accurate to say ...

236. May I assure you ...

11.6 REASSURING

237. Please, don't worry .

238. Take it easy .

239. Don't get upset .The best thing is to keep cool.

240. Cheer up !

241. Come on ! It's O.K.!

242. It's not as bad as all that !

11.7 SUGGESTING

243. Let's ...

244. Shall we ... ?

245. I'd like to suggest…

246. We might as well ...

247.What (How) about ...?

248. What would you say to…

249. Would you care for ...

11.8 WARNING

250. Mind that ...

251 Mind out ...

252. Watch out for ...

253. Be careful .

254. Be ready for ...

255. Make sure you don't …

256. Look out !

11.9 ADVISING

257. What would you advise me (to do) ?

258. What would your advice be ?

259. What should I do ?

260. Should I ... ?

261. What would you do if your were me ?

262. I would ...

263.You'd better ...

264. My advice would be ...

265. I think you should ...

266. If I were you , I would …

267.I don't think you should ...

268. I wouldn't recommend ...

269. Go the other way .

270. The way I see it , you should ...

11.10 COMPLAINING

271. I want to complain about ...

272. I am not at all satisfied with ...

273. I really do object to ...

274. What can you do about ...?

275. Something must be done ...

276. It just won't do .

11.11 CAUTION AND DOUBT

277. I am not at all sure about ...

278. I don't really believe ...

279. I rather doubt ...

280. I suspect ...

281.I'm rather skeptical about ...

282. I don't think ...

11.12 SURPRISE

283. Fancy that !

284. How very surprising !

285. Are you serious ?

286. You must be kidding !

287. You don't say so !

288. I can't believe my eyes (ears) !

289.What a surprise !

290. Never !

11.13 ANXIETY

291. I'm uneasy about ...

292. I fear that ...

293. I'm very anxious about ...

294. I’m scared of ...

295. I'm worried about ...

11.14 REGRET

296. It's a shame !

297. What a pity !

298. I regret that ...

299. Poor thing !

300. You could have done it much better !

11.15 PREFERENCES

301. Do you prefer ... or ... ?

302. Which would you prefer ?

303. Do you like ... better ?

304. Which seems better to you ?

305. Which appeals more : ... or…?

306. Would you rather ... ?

II.16 EXPECTATION

307. I'm looking forward to ...

308. I'll have the pleasure of …

309. It'11 be interesting to …

310. I'11 be happy (glad) to …