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Avoid saying ‘repeat please’ if you don’t understand what someone has said.
Instead it is much more beneficial both for you and your interlocutor if you precisely identify what particular word or part of the phrase you didn’t understand.
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Wallwork, A. (2014). WHAT TO DO IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT SOMEONE SAYS TO YOU. In: Meetings, Negotiations, and Socializing. Guides to Professional English. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0632-1_14
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