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Vocabulary: listening and discussing

"The Human Cub" learns by imitating... At best, he keeps listening (a voluntary action), at worst, he hears (involuntary action) what is said around him. Then the baby tries to repeat, and repeat again, sometimes making funny involuntary "words of children". Therefore, repetition is a fundamental process which should be encouraged. Then, this leads to the individual elaboration of opinions, and to real and genuine communication.

Listen very well to what is said around you! Do not hesitate to repeat, again and again, (words and expressions in context) if you want to remember them.

Lend me your ears!

(Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.)

To listen to somebody

To tell somebody about something

To discuss something with somebody

To talk something over with somebody

To speak to somebody about stg

To talk to somebody about stg

To tell a story He's listening to music...

A discussion of/ about	A topic
A subject/ a topic	A question/ an issue
The matter in hand The point at issue	The discussion centred on (GB) The discussion centered on (US)
To come to the point	To stick to the point
To digress/ a digression	A talk/ a conversation
A discussion	An interview
A face to face encounter	A debate on/ about// to debate
To debate something with somebody	Debatable

To contribute to To take part in	To butt in
To intervene in/ an intervention	To interrupt/ an interruption
To exchange views on stg	An opinion on/ of/ about
To form an opinion	To share sb's view on stg
A matter of opinion	To change one's mind on/ about To have a change of heart
To change one's opinion	To have a good/ bad opinion
To believe	To challenge
To disagree with somebody about something	To take issue with sb on stg
To retort	To come to a compromise

To weigh the pros and cons...

Against	In favour of
The pros and cons	To take sides with
To side with sb on stg	To change sides
Uncompromising	A noisy discussion
Behind closed doors	A heated discussion

EXPRESSIONS to remember and use:

- What are your feelings about...?

- My personal opinion is .../ Personally, I believe...

- In my opinion, .../ As I see it, .../ To my mind, .../

- From my point of view...

- As far as I'm concerned...

- It seems to me that...

- It would appear that...

- Let's suppose that.../ Let's assume that...

- You have a point there.../ That's a valid point!

- First..., second..., last...

- On the one hand... on the second hand...

- Finally, / To summarise...

- I can't agree with that...

- I beg to differ...

- You're utterly mistaken...

- He will not hear of it...

The expressions given above won't all have the same importance for you. You simply have to pick those you think you'll need, and use them as well as you can.

May the FORCE be with you!

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2. Though I’m trying hard, fundamentally, I him from beginning to end.

3. 'I’m old enough to decide for myself... Stop wanting to control me!', the teenager his mother...

4. Before making this difficult choice, you’ll have to weigh very carefully.

5. 'He should be respected for his honesty and sense of justice.'

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