Can you find the right tone in face-to-face meetings? Choose the correct middle section to create common phrases for informal meetings in the situations described below.
1. To ask if someone can talk now:
Have you
got time are you I’ll come a quick word discuss must be
for a chat?
2. To ask if someone can meet you later:
Could I have
got time are you I’ll come a quick word discuss must be
with you afterwards?
3. To suggest having a meal with someone:
Why don’t we
got time are you I’ll come a quick word discuss must be
this over lunch?
4. To greet someone:
Hi John, how
got time are you I’ll come a quick word discuss must be
doing?
5. To end a conversation:
I’m sorry, but I really
got time are you I’ll come a quick word discuss must be
off!
6. To say you’ll return at a more suitable time:
Oh, I see you’re busy —
got time are you I’ll come a quick word discuss must be
back later.
Business English for Beginners