Repeating or parahrasing questions
Postponing questions
Admitting that you do not know
UNNECESSARY/IRRELEVANT QUESTIONS
Random
100

If I understand you _________, your question is…

correctly

100

I´ll _________ upon this particular issue later.

touch

100

I´m _______ I don´t know the answer to your question.

afraid

100

I´m afraid I don´t see the ______________.

connection

100

Could you be a little ___ _______?

more specific

200

______ in a different way, your question is….

Put

200

If you ____ ____ me for a few minutes, you´ll see that…

bear with

200

Unfortunately, I´m not in a _________ to answer this question.

 position

200

I think I _________ that earlier.

answered

200

Well, it all depends what you mean __ …

by

300

Just to check if I got ____________ right – you want to know…

everything

300

I´ll answer this question as we go _______.

along

300

I´m not sure if I can answer this, since I´m not __________ involved in this area.

directly

300

__ __ ______, I think that raises a different issue.

To be honest

300

Let me check I understand. ___ ___ asking…?

Are you

400

In other words, you´re ________ ….

asking

400

Can I get back to you __ ____?

on that

400

I don´t know that __ __ ____ of my head.

off the top

400

Well, __ _ said…

as I

400

Does that ________ your question?

answer

500

This is a _________ complex question. Let me see if I _________ what you said.

rather/understand

500

Interesting. What do you _____?

think

500

I´m afraid I don´t have that _________ with me.

information

500

Well, as I mentioned ________, …

earlier

500

Is that ______ you were looking for?

what

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