| introducing a topic
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| I wanted to ask you a question. |
| First of all, I'd like to talk about [X]. |
| Actually, I'd like to ask you … |
| First of all, could we talk about ... ? |
| I have got some questions concerning ... |
| My second concern is about ... |
| I’d also like to know ... |
| Actually, I’d like to know ... |
| There is another issue I’d like to ask you about ... |
| I'd like to discuss [X] with you. |
| Actually I was going to ask you about [X]. |
| [This] is also something that I would like to discuss with you. |
