Phrases and practice

Learn a useful phrase in context, listen to its pronunciation and practise saying it.

• It is not so much the conclusion I dispute as the reasoning by which it was reached.C2 · #126
• The question remains whether this compromise perpetuates the very problem it was meant to solve.C2 · #127
• You are right to highlight the risk, though it does not in itself render the undertaking unfeasible.C2 · #128
• Treating these two phenomena as equivalent obscures an important conceptual distinction.C2 · #129
• Let us provisionally accept that premise without yet committing to its validity.C2 · #130
• It would be premature to equate the absence of objections with genuine support.C2 · #131
• This argument gains force only once the asymmetry in access to information is taken into account.C2 · #132
• This generalisation is warranted only within the bounds of the adopted methodology.C2 · #133
• The ambiguity of the ending is not an accidental omission but a deliberate device.C2 · #134
• Let me turn the question around: what would have to happen for you to change your mind?C2 · #135
• This reservation does not rule out the proposal; it sets the conditions for accepting it.C2 · #136
• The neutrality of a procedure does not guarantee the neutrality of its effects.C2 · #137
• Deferring costs to future periods is not the same as eliminating them.C2 · #138
• This distinction may seem academic, yet it has tangible practical consequences.C2 · #139
• We cannot disregard the constraints we ourselves built into this model.C2 · #140
• A lack of evidence does not establish that the claim is false, but it limits the strength of its justification.C2 · #141
• This wording leaves room for interpretation that we should not underestimate.C2 · #142
• Paradoxically, striving for complete control can weaken the ability to respond to unforeseen situations.C2 · #143
• Responsibility for a decision cannot be reduced to the correctness of the algorithm alone.C2 · #144
• The irreversibility of some effects calls for caution even when our knowledge is incomplete.C2 · #145
• The power of this scene lies more in what remains unspoken than in what is said.C2 · #146
• I would not wish to make that statement more categorical than the evidence permits.C2 · #147
• I suggest leaving this issue unresolved rather than giving a false impression of agreement.C2 · #148
• This assessment remains valid regardless of whether we share the motivations behind it.C2 · #149
• Only by juxtaposing these perspectives does the tension emerge that neither conveys on its own.C2 · #150
• The point is not to rule out exceptions, but to avoid making them the basis of the rule.C2 · #276
• I would be inclined to support this proposal if it left a genuine option to withdraw from it.C2 · #277
• The coherence of this strategy is more asserted than demonstrated in practice.C2 · #278
• I appreciate the deftness of that wording, but I would prefer a clear commitment.C2 · #279
• The more we diffuse responsibility, the harder it becomes to identify who is actually accountable for the outcome.C2 · #280
• A return presented without its risk context creates an illusion that the offers are comparable.C2 · #281
• I am not questioning the arithmetic, but the justification for what was chosen to be included in it.C2 · #282
• Assuring us that the procedure was followed does not answer the question of its appropriateness.C2 · #283
• The courtesy of this response does not obscure the fact that it leaves us without a solution.C2 · #284
• What is reassuring at the level of averages may be insufficient when assessing an individual case.C2 · #285
• I do not expect you to share my choice, but I would like you to acknowledge my right to make it.C2 · #286
• Your concern means a great deal to me, though the way you express it can be overwhelming.C2 · #287
• Not everything that can be defended rhetorically stands up to substantive analysis.C2 · #288
• The selection of examples appears to confirm the claim, but in fact presupposes its truth.C2 · #289
• A precise definition helps structure the debate, but does not settle a disagreement about values.C2 · #290
• Transparency of the mechanism is not the same as intelligibility of its consequences for the user.C2 · #291
• By delegating judgement to an algorithm, we do not remove value judgements; we move them to the design stage.C2 · #292
• The reversibility of a decision should carry greater weight the less we know about its long-term effects.C2 · #293
• An agreement reached by leaving differences unspoken may prove more fragile than its wording suggests.C2 · #294
• What you present as self-evident is precisely the point that needs justification.C2 · #295
• The narrator does not so much conceal the facts as arrange them to impose a particular perspective on us.C2 · #296
• That apparent lightness of tone makes the criticism resonate all the more sharply.C2 · #297
• That is a rather peculiar way of showing trust: checking my every move.C2 · #298
• I do not intend to defend this claim at all costs; I want to establish where it ceases to hold.C2 · #299
• We can differ in our assessment of this compromise without questioning the other side's good faith.C2 · #300
• My consent applies to the solution together with its safeguards; removing them would require the whole arrangement to be renegotiated.C2 · #426
• I can negotiate how the obligation is fulfilled, but my mandate does not extend to waiving the obligation itself.C2 · #427
• The phrase 'where possible' leaves open who assesses whether the task can be carried out and by what criteria.C2 · #428
• A saving for one party may merely shift the cost to others if we leave external effects out of the assessment.C2 · #429
• An interpretation based solely on the literal wording overlooks the expectations both parties jointly shaped during their discussions.C2 · #430
• A veto protects against an imposed decision, but without criteria for its use it can make joint action impossible.C2 · #431
• When an indicator becomes an end in itself, an improvement in its value may cease to indicate an improvement in the actual outcome.C2 · #432
• A system that rewards only visible results may leave essential supporting work unrecognised.C2 · #433
• When assessing a treatment option, we need to establish not only the chance of improvement but also which consequences the patient is unwilling to accept.C2 · #434
• Declared unanimity does not rule out concerns that no one voiced because the discussion left no room for dissent.C2 · #435
• A model trained on past decisions may reproduce their biases even if it does not directly use protected characteristics.C2 · #436
• Removing names does not ensure anonymity if the remaining combination of characteristics still allows a specific person to be identified.C2 · #437
• The technical ability to carry out an operation does not determine whether there is justification for doing so in this context.C2 · #438
• A formal ability to choose does not guarantee freedom if every available alternative entails a disproportionate loss.C2 · #439
• Being allowed to speak does not amount to full participation if participants cannot question the agenda itself.C2 · #440
• A local improvement in environmental quality may conceal deterioration in another region if polluting production has been moved there.C2 · #441
• What we cannot easily measure does not thereby become less relevant to assessing quality of life.C2 · #442
• A student's answer may reveal a limitation in the question itself rather than merely indicate a failure to understand the material.C2 · #443
• A failed replication challenges a result to varying degrees depending on whether the conditions relevant to the phenomenon were preserved.C2 · #444
• An archive reflects not only what happened but also whose voice was deemed worth preserving.C2 · #445
• Leaving the character's motives unstated allows two conflicting interpretations to coexist without deciding which is correct.C2 · #446
• A translation may be faithful to the function of an utterance precisely by forgoing a literal equivalent of its form.C2 · #447
• I challenge the way the question is framed because every proposed answer assumes what still needs to be demonstrated.C2 · #448
• Conceding one point does not oblige me to accept conclusions that require additional premises.C2 · #449
• A response to an accusation of changing one's position should explain what changed in the premises rather than merely assert consistency.C2 · #450
• Freely considering the options requires an agreement that no tentative suggestion will later be presented as a final declaration.C2 · #576
• If the fundamental assumptions changed after the consultation closed, the earlier comments cannot be treated as an opinion on the current proposal.C2 · #577
• Simply sending the task does not complete the handover of responsibility until the other party knows what they are taking over and from what point.C2 · #578
• When judging a past decision, let us not attribute to its makers knowledge that became available only after its consequences emerged.C2 · #579
• The same expected return does not make two offers equivalent if the potential loss in one exceeds what we can accept.C2 · #580
• The guarantee loses its practical value for us if its exclusions cover precisely the faults we wanted protection against.C2 · #581
• If a participant thinks an honest answer will lower their assessment, their stated position may reflect the reward system more than their beliefs.C2 · #582
• An appeal procedure should allow the grounds for a decision to be challenged rather than merely check whether the correct boxes were completed.C2 · #583
• A narrow uncertainty interval may give a false sense of precision if it describes only random variation and leaves out the model's own error.C2 · #584
• Measurement is not neutral with respect to the behaviour being studied when participants adjust their actions because they know they are being observed.C2 · #585
• Conflicting accounts may be an important research finding if they reveal different experiences that should not be reduced to one averaged narrative.C2 · #586
• Volunteering for a study may be related to the characteristic being studied, so a large sample does not automatically remove selection bias.C2 · #587
• The interaction between phenomena means that naming a single cause may obscure the feedback loop sustaining the whole process.C2 · #588
• Correcting one system response is not enough if the same flawed premise continues to guide subsequent responses.C2 · #589
• The ability to obtain an explanation has limited value if the person affected by the decision cannot correct the data on which it was based.C2 · #590
• Keeping a copy for recovery does not in itself justify using the same data for new, unrelated purposes.C2 · #591
• A discussion of uncertainty should help the patient understand the limits of knowledge without making them responsible for independently evaluating specialist evidence.C2 · #592
• Acknowledging someone's fear does not require treating every concern as probable; it requires taking the experience itself seriously.C2 · #593
• A shared memory need not be an agreed reconstruction of the facts to play an important role in a relationship.C2 · #594
• Responsibility for protecting resources should be shared with regard to both the scale of their use and the actual ability to reduce that use.C2 · #595
• An established custom should not be equated with the conscious consent of everyone involved, especially when departing from it risks social exclusion.C2 · #596
• A change of viewpoint does not invalidate the previous scene but reveals how much of its meaning came from the observer's limited perspective.C2 · #597
• The allusion is recognisable to only some readers, so the translation must decide whether to preserve its implicit nature or make the reference explicit.C2 · #598
• The phrase 'all reasonable people' does not justify a claim but may portray its opponents as unreasonable in advance.C2 · #599
• To properly address the objection, we need to address its strongest version, not the paraphrase that is easiest to dismiss.C2 · #600