|oOPPOSITION

and

ADDITION

but although, despite the fact that however, nevertheless despite, in spite of

in addition (to) besides furthermore moreover what's more too not only ... but also both ... and not so obvious as well as another additionally also along with

CAUSE -- EFFECT

COMPARISON

because / since /as + sentence porque / ya que / puesto que/ como due to / because of / owing to / as a result of + noun debido a / a causa de as a result, / therefore, / so, / consequently / for this reason por eso, en consecuencia

. as . . . as, more...than, less...than as (like), as if, as though In the same way, Similarly, In contrast, Unlike in comparison, like, similar to, just as .

CONDITION

CONTRAST

or else whether.. or not if, only if, unless, even if, whether, whether or not, provided (that), in case, in the event (that) otherwise, in the event (that), anyway, anyhow

but, yet, but still, but anyway, and yet neither... nor although, even though, though, while, whereas, despite, in spite of, regardless of, notwithstanding, in spite of this nevertheless, nonetheless, however, on the one hand, on the other hand, in contrast to, in contrast,on the contrary conversely,by contrast, from another point of view, more important, after all, for all that, although this is true, while this is true

EMPHASIS

LISTING

indeed, in fact, of course, certainly

firstly, secondly ... to begin / start with ..., to conclude with in the first place, in the second place next , then , finally, last(ly) to conclude ... last but not least ... to summarise , to sum up

SUMMARY

PURPOSE

to sum up, in brief, on the whole, in sum, in short, as I have said, in other words, that is, to be sure, as has been noted, for exampl e, for instance, in fact, indeed, to tell the truth, in any event, in conclusion, to conclude, to summarize.

to this end, for this purpose, with this object

EXEMPLIFICATION
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SEQUENCE

: for example, e.g., for instance, namely, incidentally, indeed, in fact, in other words, in particular, particularly, specifically, that is (to say), i.e., as I have said, as has been noted

first, firstly, in the first place, first off, second, secondly, in the second place, third, thirdly, then, next, last, lastly, finally.

PASSING OF TIME

meanwhile, at length, immediately, soon, after a few days, in the meantime, afterward, later, henceforth, eventually, lately, after a while, at last, presently, recently, since then, since, after that, temporarily, thereafter.