DISCUSSING ISSUES
A. POLITICAL INTERVIEWS
Give repeated assurances that
Break your promise
Offer an explanation
Reject that charge
Go back on your promise
Make a commitment
Give a straight answer
Dog the question: avoid
B. DISCUSSING COMMUNICATION
I want to put the following question to you
Let me frame the question differently
Confronting issues
A fair comment
Establish communication with
With all due respect, I think you are missing the point, if you don't mind me saying so.
Face a grilling: face a lot of tough questions
I take your point
Issue a denial
Give a full apology for getting things wrong
Enter into a contract with people/breach that contract
From "English Collocations in Use - Advanced" by Cambridge University Press.
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