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Discussing facts

Reporting progress
• ... have increased/decreased during the current quarter.

• ... performed well/poorly in the ... quarter.

Structuring a progress report
• Here’s a quick overview of the situation.

• Let’s look first at ... .

• Let’s turn now to ... .

• I’ll move on now to ... .

• What about ...?

Explaining consequences
• This was due to ... .

• I think this was the result of ... .

• ... performed well/satisfactorily/poorly because of ... .

Taking part in discussions

Asking for comments
• What do you think about that?

• What do we all think?

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