Guessing and Estimating in English: useful phrases
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| GUESSING AND ESTIMATING |
| As arranged. |
| As planned. |
| Based upon… |
| Guess what! |
| I consider it my duty to… |
| I consider it pointless to… / I see no point in… |
| I consider that… |
| I consider/deem it necessary to… |
| I don’t see the point of… |
| I have great respect/regard/esteem for… |
| I have little respect/regard for… |
| In due course. |
| it doesn’t bode well for… |
| It doesn’t look too promising. / Things don’t look too good. |
| It looks promising. |
| It would be pointless to… |
| It would be risky to… |
| It woulnd’t be much use … (+v-ing) |
| It woulnd’t be much use to me. |
| It’s about time… |
| That reminds me that… |
| That’s most encouraging. |
| There is a reason to believe that… |
| There is every reason / a great reason to believe that |
| There is not much time left. |
| There’s a right time for everything. |
| There’s every indication that… |
| There’s no point in… / There’s little point in… / It’s no use… |
| There’s no point. / It’s no use. / It’s useless. |
| There’s no time to lose / waste. |
| This gives me to understand that… |
| Time is short. |
| We can anticipate… |
| What must we understand from… ? |
| What should we expect from… ? |
| What would be the point of (+v-ing) ? / What use would it be to… ? |
| What’s the point of… ? |
| Within a reasonnable time. |
| You know what to expect. |
| You may not think it but… |
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