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—Above-board [adj.]
—Honest and open.
—"I don't think you're being totally above-board with me."
—Address [v.]
—Used as a replacement for 'do‘, or 'complete'
—"I will address all of your concerns in the upcoming weeks."
—Air it out [v.]
—To discuss an issue openly.
—“Is there a problem we need to air out?”
—All-hands [n.]
—Everybody in the company, department, work-group, etc
—“We are going to need all hands to work on this.”
—The Alpha _______
—The leader
—“I scheduled a meeting with the alpha dog to discuss the meeting next week.”
—At this juncture [exp.]
—Now.
—"We're not prepared to go public at this juncture."

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—Amped [adj.]
—Having a large amount of excitement and energy.
—"I'm so amped about this new product line."
—Anointed [n.]
—An employee that can't seem to do anything wrong in the eyes of management.
—Actionable [adj.]
—Originally a legal word referring to anything that affords grounds for a lawsuit. Business people have perverted it to mean anything on which an action can be taken.
—Arrows to fire [exp.]
—Points to use in an argument.
— "Now if you don't have anymore arrows to fire, I think we're finished here."
—Availability [n.]
—The measure of time the person has available to do a given task.
—“I’d like to attend your meeting but I’m not sure about my availability.”

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—Opening the meeting
—Good morning/afternoon, everyone. If we are all here, let's
—. . . get started
—start the meeting.
—. . . start.

—Welcoming and Introducing Participants
—Please join me in welcoming (name of participant)
—We're pleased to welcome (name of participant)
—It's a pleasure to welcome (name of participant)
—I'd like to introduce (name of participant)
—I don't think you've met (name of participant)

—Stating the Principal Objectives of a Meeting
—We're here today to
—Our aim is to ...
—I've called this meeting in order to ...
—By the end of this meeting, I'd like to have ...

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—Giving Apologies for Someone Who is Absent
—I'm afraid.., (name of participant) can't be with us today. She is...
—I have received apologies for the absence of (name of participant), who is (place).

—Reading the Minutes (Notes) of the Last Meeting
—First let's go over the report from the last meeting, which was held on (date)
—Here are the minutes from our last meeting, which was on (date)

—Old Business
—____, can you tell us how the XYZ project is progressing?
—____, how is the XYZ project coming along?
—____, have you completed the report on the new accounting package?
—Has everyone received a copy of the Tate Foundation report on current marketing trends?

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—New Business
—So, if there is nothing else we need to discuss, let's move on to today's agenda.
—Shall we get down to business?
—Is there any other business?
—If there are no further developments, I'd like to move on to today's topic.

—Introducing the Agenda
—Have you all received a copy of the agenda?
—There are three items on the agenda. First,
—Shall we take the points in this order?
—If you don't mind, I'd like to ... go in order
—…skip item 1 and move on to item 3
—I suggest we take item 2 last.

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—Assigning Roles
—(name of participant) has agreed to take the minutes.
—(name of participant) has kindly agreed to give us a report on this matter.
—(name of participant) will lead point 1, (name of participant) point 2, and (name of participant) point 3.
—(name of participant), would you mind taking notes today?

—Decide on how the meeting will be managed
—We will hear a short report on each point first, followed by a discussion round the table.
—I suggest we go round the table first.
—The meeting is due to finish at...
—We'll have to keep each item to ten minutes. Otherwise we'll never get through.
—We may need to vote on item 5, if we can't get a unanimous decision.
—Introducing the First Item on the Agenda
—So, let's start with. . .
—Shall we start with. . .
—So, the first item on the agenda is
—____, would you like to kick off?
—____, would you like to introduce this item?

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—Closing an Item
—I think that covers the first item.
—Shall we leave that item?
—If nobody has anything else to add,

—Moving to the Next Item
—Let's move onto the next item
—The next item on the agenda is
—Now we come to the question of.

—Giving Control to the Next Participant
—I'd like to hand over to Mark, who is going to lead the next point.
—Right, Dorothy, over to you.

—Summarizing
—Before we close, let me just summarize the main points.
—To sum up, ...
—In brief,
—Shall I go over the main points?

—Finishing Up
—Right, it looks as though we've covered the main items
—Is there Any Other Business?

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—Giving Control to the Next Participant
—I'd like to hand over to Mark, who is going to lead the next point.
—Right, Dorothy, over to you.

—Summarizing
—Before we close, let me just summarize the main points.
—To sum up, ...
—In brief,
—Shall I go over the main points?

—Finishing Up
—It looks as though we've covered the main items
—Is there Any Other Business?

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