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Unit 14. ACTIVE VOCABULARY

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

Unit 14. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

Referring to previous contact

Thank you for your letter of March 15.

Thank you for contacting us.

In reply to your request, ...

Thank you for your letter regarding ...

With reference to our telephone conversation yesterday...

Further to our meeting last week ...

It was a pleasure meeting you in London last month.

I enjoyed having lunch with you last week in Tokyo.

I would just like to confirm the main points we discussed on Tuesday.

Making a request

We would appreciate it if you would ...

I would be grateful if you could ...

Could you please send me ...

Could you possibly tell us / let us have ...

In addition, I would like to receive ...

It would be helpful if you could send us ...

I am interested in (obtaining / receiving) ...

I would appreciate your immediate attention to this matter.

Please let me know what action you propose to take.

Offering help

Would you like us to ...?

We would be happy to ...

We are quite willing to ...

Our company would be pleased to ...

Giving good news

We are pleased to announce that ...

I am delighted in inform you that ..

You will be pleased to learn that ...

Giving bad news

We regret to inform you that ...

I'm afraid it would not be possible to ...

Unfortunately we cannot / we are unable to ...

After careful consideration we have decided (not) to ...

Complaining

I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with ...

I am writing to complain about ...

Please note that the goods we ordered on ( date )

have not yet arrived.

We regret to inform you that our order n° 3 is now

considerably overdue.

I would like to query the transport charges which seem unusually high.

Apologizing

We are sorry for the delay in replying to ...

I regret any inconvenience caused (by) ...

I would like to apologize for the (delay, inconvenience)...

Once again, please accept my apologies for ...

Orders

Thank you for your quotation of ...

We are pleased to place an order with your company for..

We would like to cancel our order n° .....

Please confirm receipt of our order.

I am pleased to acknowledge receipt of your order n° .....

Your order will be processed as quickly as possible.

It will take about (two / three) weeks to process your order.

We can guarantee you delivery before ... (date)

Unfortunately these articles are no longer available / are out of stock.

Prices

Please send us your price list.

You will find enclosed our most recent catalogue and price list.

Please note that our prices are subject to change without notice.

We have pleasure in enclosing a detailed quotation.

We can make you a firm offer of ...

Referring to payment

Our terms of payment are as follows ...

Our records show that we have not yet received payment of ...

According to our records ...

Please send payment as soon as possible.

You will receive a credit note for the sum of ...