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GIVING EXAMPLES
e.g.
for example/ instance
por ejemplo
namely
such as, as
i.e. (that is)
tal(es) como
esto es
comienza con
begins with
Beforehand,
Before this,
Formerly,
Prior to this,
Earlier,
Previously,
at the same time
Simultaneously,
during
meanwhile, while
in the meantime
as
later
Then,
Next,
The next step
El siguiente paso
afterwards
Subsequently
Posteriormente
Previamente,
al mismo tiempo
Simultneamente,
durante
mientras que
mientras tanto
a medida que
ms tarde
Luego, Entonces,
A continuacin,
Then
consequently
as a result
accordingly
since
as
This means that
Soon after,
as soon as
yet, however
nevertheless
nonetheless
but
again
The former,
The latter,
Finally,
Lastly,
Eventually,
In the end,
Finalmente,
Eventualmente, Con el
tiempo,
Al final,
l ltimo paso es
Some sources:
"Buillding English Proficiency - Foundations 2", Publicaciones Uninorte
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/process.html
CONTRASTING IDEAS
aunque, aun cuando, si
although, though
bien, sin embargo
aun cuando, aun si
even though
while
aunque, mientras
whereas
mientras que
in spite of, despite a pesar de
once
unlike
on the other hand
otherwise,
On the contrary,
rather than
instead of
In contrast,
On the contrary,
http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/linkwd.html
http://www.uefap.com/speaking/function/instruct.htm
EXPRESSING OPINION
I would say that
Yo dira que
In my view,
En mi opinin,
In my opinion,
Desde mi punto de vista,
From my point of view,
I believe that
Yo creo que
Personally,
Personalmente,
Apparently,
Aparentemente,
I think that
Yo pienso que...
It seems to me that Me parece que
I would argue that
Yo argumentara que
I don't believe that
Yo no pienso que
To be more precise,
That is to say
MAKING CONCESSIONS
Of course, many
Por supuesto, mucha
(some) people argue gente (algunos) dice(n)
that
que
Admittedly,
Hay que admitir (reconocer)
While
Aunque
EXPRESSING PURPOSE
so as to (go)
para (ir), a fin de (ir)
in order to (go)
so as not to
para no (ir), a fin de no (ir)
in order not to (go)
so that
para que, a fin de que
EXPRESSING MANNER
in such a way that
in a careful way
with care/precision
con cuidado/precisin