C1 · Lesson 35Communication

Diplomatic language

Refuse, criticize and disagree without giving offence: il ne nous sera malheureusement pas possible de, sauf erreur de ma part, nous ne manquerons pas de, prendre bonne note de, understatement, and the five steps of a diplomatic refusal, with an original email exchange.

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