Language of meetings (p. 88-98)

to come in handy (to be useful)

s'avérer utile

to get down to (to start to give serious attention to sthg)

se mettre enfin à faire qqch

to extend a warm welcome to someone (to greet with enthusiasm)

souhaiter chaleureusement la bienvenue à qq

to introduce someone to sthg

introduire qq à qqch

to call a meeting

convoquer une réunion

I've received apologies (for absence) from Sam

= l'absence de Sam est excusée

to begin with / to start with

commencer par

to go through

analyser en détail

the minutes of a meeting (a report that records the most important aspects of what was said during a meeting)

le compte rendu d'une réunion

to go over (to check)

passer en revue

to hold a meeting

organiser une réunion

to come along / to progress

progresser

to complete / to finish

achever

to move on to / to proceed to

passer à

Any Other Business (AOB)

les divers

agenda (a list of all the items to be discussed during the meeting)

ordre du jour

to skip / to leave out / to omit

omettre / laisser de côté

ground rules

règles de base

to go beyond

passer plus de temps que

to kick off / to start

démarrer

to come to sthg / to tackle

provenir / résulter de qqch

to hand over to someone

remettre à quelqu'un

to put in charge

mettre en charge

to take someone through sthg (to explain to them what it's about)

faire comprendre qqch à qq

to fill someone in on something / to get someone up to speed / to put someone in the picture

mettre quelqu'un au courant de quelque chose

to provide someone with sthg

fournir qqch à qq

to open sthg up for questions (to give everyone time to ask all the questions they may have)

ouvrir qqch à la discussion

questions arising

des questions qui se posent

to hear from someone

écouter l'opinion de qq

where we left off

où nous avons terminé

to run short of / to lack

manquer de

that seems to be all (that's everything we needed to cover)

ca semble être tout

to be outside the scope of / to lose sight of the main point / to wander off topic / to get side-tracked

être hors sujet / digresser

the issue / the question at hand (the question that we are dealing with right now)

la question en jeu

to get back on track / to return to the main focus

revenir au sujet qui nous occupe

to keep to the point (to only talk about what is necessary / not to waste time on anything else)

ne pas s'écarter du sujet

to summarize / to sum up

résumer

it look as though / it seems that

il semble que

to wrap up / to wind up / to put an end to (to bring sthg to a close)

conclure

to set a date

fixer une date

May I have a word ?

Puis-je dire quelque chose?

May I come in here ?

Puis-je venir ici? (interrompre)

I feel that

je trouve que

I tend to think that / I'm inclined to think that

j'ai tendance à penser que

are you positive that

es-tu certain que

can we get your input?

pouvons-nous avoir votre avis?

how do you feel about…?

que penses-tu de…?

good point

bien vu

the way I feel

ce que je ressens

to see it differently / not to see eye to eye with

avoir des avis divergents

to see eye to eye

avoir le même point de vue

to spell out

expliquer clairement

what I'm getting at

où je veux en venir

to wonder if / whether

se demander si

to catch

comprendre / saisir

can you run that by me again?

pouvez-vous répéter?

to read through

lire attentivement

to put back to / to put off until / to delay

remettre à plus tard

to think sthg through

prévoir les conséquences de qqch

it requires further investigation

il faut en savoir plus

to be at cross purposes

ne pas se comprendre

what I had in mind

ce que j'avais en tête

to incur debts

contracter des dettes

to be overdrawn

être en négatif

overdraft

découvert bancaire

venture capital

capital risque

mortgage

emprunt hypothécaire

assets

actifs

liabilities

passif

savings

épargne / économies

settlement / payment

règlement