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Addition (positive) And, both… and, not only… but (also/ as well), too, moreover, in addition to, furthermore, further, also, not to mention the fact that, besides, what’s more, on top of that The new manager’s well-qualified and energetic.
Addition (negative) Neither… nor, nor, neither, either, to make matters worse Neither our top manager nor our middle manager know French.
Contrast But, not… but, although, while, whereas, despite, even if, even though, on the other hand, in contrast, however, (and) yet, at the same time, all the same, on the contrary, as opposed to Our top manager doesn’t know French; however he speaks English fluently.
Similarity Similarly, likewise, in the same way, equally One can learn about various cultures by reading. Similarly, a trip to another country can do the trick.
Concession But, even so, however, (and) still, (and) yet, nevertheless, on the other hand, although, even though, despite/ in spite of, regardless of, admittedly considering, whereas, while, nonetheless, still   They carried on working on the project, even though the first tests were unsuccessful.
Alternative Or, on the other hand, either… or, alternatively You can tell them the bad news, or you can let them find out themselves.
Emphasis Besides, not only this but… also, as well, what is more, in fact, as a matter of fact, to tell you the truth, actually, indeed, let alone I’m afraid you are not qualified for the job and, what is more, you are far too young.
Exemplification As, such as, like, for example, for instance, particularly, especially, in particular All the reports were excellent, but Petrov’s one in particular was superb.
Clarification That is to say, specifically, in other words, to put it another way, to be perfectly honest, to tell you the truth, by the way, incidentally The manager is upset. Specifically, he’s upset about your poor performance.
Cause/ Reason As, because, because of, since, on the grounds that, seeing that, due to, in view of, owing to, for, now that, so The city is in ruins now that the bombings had become regular
Manner As, (in) the way, how, the way in which, (in) the same way (as), as if, as though The manager explained how the task could be performed.
Condition If, in case, assuming (that), on condition (that), provided (that), providing (that), unless, in the event (that), in the event of, as/so long as, granting/granted (that), whether, whether … or, only if, even if, otherwise, or (else), in case of We will contact you in the event we decide to take you on.
Consequence of a condition Consequently, then, under those circumstances, if so, if not, so, therefore, in that case, otherwise, thus You might be asked tricky questions. If so, don’t get frustrated about it.
Purpose So that, so as (not) to, in order (not) to, in order that, for fear (that), in case, lest Make notes in your vocabulary so as not to forget the new words.
Effect/ Result Such/so… that, consequently, for this reason, as a consequence, thus, therefore, so, as a result, accordingly, hence, in turn She had been revising for her exams too hard and, as a consequence, she had a nervous breakdown.
Comparison As… as, than, half as … as, nothing like, the… the, twice as… as, less… than Your results this term are nothing like the last term’s.
Time When, whenever, as, while, now (that), before, until, till, after, since I’ll call you when I arrive at the airport.
Place Where, wherever You can’t park your car wherever you want to.
Exception But (for), except (for), apart from Your report was good but for one point.
Relative Who, whom, whose, which, what, that Mrs Jones is the woman who is in charge of the company.
Reference Considering, concerning, regarding, with respect/ regard/ reference to, in respect/ regard/ reference to this/ to the fact that Considering all the evidence the jury found the accused “not guilty”
Chronological Beginning: initially, first…, at first, to start/begin with, first of all, for a start, in the first place, for one thing Continuing: secondly…, after this/ that, second…., afterwards, then, next, before this Concluding: finally, at last, in the end, eventually, lastly, last but not the least First of all, I’d like to tell you about the background of the problem… Then, I must give various points of view on the issue… Finally, I want to thank everybody for attention.
Summarizing In conclusion, in summary, to sum up, as I have said, as)it) was previously stated, on the whole, in all, all in all, altogether, in short, briefly, to put it in a nutshell To sum up the government must spend more money on public services.
Generalizing Broadly speaking, generally speaking, by and large, to a large/ some/ a certain extent To some extent this has been an encouraging year for the company

 







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