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Let me think about it

sentence let me think about it it kind of sounds like no I'm definitely not going to come but if you add and I'll get back to you it feels a little bit more tender a little bit...

Course: Speaking with ease every daySection: Ways to say “I don’t know”Subtitles: en

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just the

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sentence let me think about it it kind

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of sounds like no I'm definitely not

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going to come but if you add and I'll

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get back to you it feels a little bit

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more tender a little bit more thoughtful

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and polite if someone asks you did the

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marketing team send you their numbers

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you might say I can't remember off the

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top of my head but I'll look into it and

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let you know this is a great idiom I

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don't remember off the top of my head

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that means I don't remember immediately

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I don't remember right now but I'll look

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into it and let you know you can see how

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these tagged expressions can be combined

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to be even more polite and give more

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information look into it and let you

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know with that same question does the

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marketing team uh send you their numbers

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you could say not as far as I know but

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I'll look into it and get back to you

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this expression not as far as I know

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means that you think the answer is no

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but you're not 100% sure so here you're

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just telling them I'm not 100% sure but

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I'm going to look into it and I'll get

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back to you not

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