Episode 4

English with Kirsty – episode 4

“I don’t know!”

In this episode I show you some vocabulary so that you can say a bit more than just “I don’t know” to customers and colleagues.

You can listen to episode 4 here:

This is the vocabulary that I mentioned during the episode:

Different ways of saying the same thing:

I don’t know
I have no idea/no idea
I haven’t got a clue

You aren’t sure

I believe that
I think that

I don’t know for certain but

I’m not 100% sure but

You’ll need to check, but I think

2. you will help

I don’t know but I’ll find out
I don’t have that information at the moment but I will call you back/email you/let you know when I have it.
I don’t know I’ll get back to you by the end of the day.
I’m not sure about that. Leave it with me and I’ll find out.
I need to speak with a colleague first but I’ll come back to you later.
I need to check the details and I’ll come back to you when I’ve done that.
Unfortunately I can’t remember. I’ll send you an email to confirm the details later.

3. you offer a suggestion

I don’t know the answer to that but you could ask …
I’m not sure. Have you looked in the file/on the intranet/in the HR manual?
You could try calling/emailing/speaking with …
That’s not something that we deal with in this department. You need to contact … (The number is …)
The information that you are looking for is on our website. (I’ll send you the link.)
Unfortunately I can’t help you with that but you could…

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