Business English | What to Say When Someone Interrupts You in an English Meeting [604]

商务英语 | 在英语会议中被打断时该说什么 [604]

Speak Better English with Harry

2026-09-09

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🚨If you struggle to find the right words in meetings, Speak Up in Meetings gives you practical phrases for interrupting, disagreeing, buying time and finishing your point. Click the link to prepare for your next English meeting  https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/speak-up-in-english-meetings/ In this Business English lesson, you'll learn how handle interruptions in English meetings without losing your point, apologising unnecessarily or sounding aggressive. You’ll learn practical English phrases for accidental interruptions, Teams and Zoom meetings, colleagues who speak over you, people who challenge your point before you finish, and repeated interruptions when you need to be more direct. This episode is for non-native English professionals who use English at work and want to speak more confidently in meetings. Learn how to interrupt and respond politely, deal with difficult colleagues, and use clear professional English in workplace discussions. It is especially useful if you understand English well but need more confidence speaking in fast-moving business meetings, online calls and conversations with colleagues, managers and clients. Share Your Thoughts Do you use English at work? In meetings, you may know exactly what you want to say but still need a few extra seconds to find the English. You may also hesitate because you’re not sure whether a phrase sounds natural, too direct or too weak. Take my free Meeting English Quiz and try 8 real meeting situations. You’ll see which answers work well in English and where you may need better phrases for meetings. Take the free Meeting English Quiz: https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/meetingquiz If you’d rather work on your English with a teacher, book a free trial lesson. We’ll look at the situations you deal with at work and decide what you need to improve first. Book a free trial lesson: https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/trial
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  • Hi, this is Harry and welcome back to my advanced English lessons where I try to help you to speak better English.

  • And particularly in these lessons that we have been doing recently,

  • we're focusing on helping you with the English you need to use at work.

  • So, our topic for today is what to say when someone interrupts you before you finish.

  • So, we're looking at a problem that is very typical.

  • Everybody's experienced it in a meeting at some stage.

  • So it could be one of these situations.

  • You're explaining something.

  • You finally managed to get into the conversation or into the discussion.

  • You know exactly what you want to say.

  • Perhaps you're explaining why a deadline is going to be difficult to meet.

  • Or perhaps you're raising a concern about a client

  • or even trying to explain why you disagree with someone's decision or perhaps a review.

  • So that's every day.

  • Typical issues that you've come across in the workplace.

  • So there are four steps leading up to these sorts of interruptions.

  • So if English isn't your first language, it can be very, very difficult for you.

  • So you might know exactly what you want to say, but it's taking you a little time to get into the conversation.

  • Then number two.

  • You organize the words in your head and you practice them and you're halfway through your explanation.