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1.- SEQUENCING OF THE ARGUMENTS.

First paragraph:
In the first place

En primer lugar

First of all

Antes que nada

Firstly

Primeramente

To start with

Para empezar

At first sight

A primera vista

Second paragraph:
Secondly

En segundo lugar

In the second place

En segundo lugar

Last paragraph:
Finally

Por ltimo, finalmente

Lastly

Por ltimo, finalmente

2.- TIME INDICATORS.

First at all

Primero

Next / then

Luego

After that

Despus

While + sentence

Mientras

In the meantime

Mientras tanto

Suddenly / All of a sudden

De repente

Finally

Finalmente

In the end

Al final

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3.- ADD INFORMATION.
Apart from this / that

Aparte de esto / eso

Besides

Adems

Furthermore

An es ms

In addition

Adems

In addition to + noun / ing form

Adems de

Moreover

Adems

On top of that

Adems

Whats more

Adems, lo que es ms

4.- Summarize what has been said.

In short

En resumen

In conclusion

Para concluir

In brief

En breve,

To sum up

Para resumir

5.- Causes and consequences.

Because of this / that / noun

A causa de esto / eso /sust.

For this / that reason

Por esta / esa razn

Thats why

Por esta / esa razn: sa es

la razn por la que

Therefore

Por lo tanto

As a result (of this)

Como resultado (de esto)

Consequently

En consecuencia

So

As que, por eso

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6.- To contrast.
However

Sin embargo

Nevertheless

No obstante

On the one / other hand

Por una / otra parte

Althaugh / though + sentence

Aunque

In spite of / Despite + noun / verb ing form

A pesar de

7.- To explain and give examples.

As a matter of fact

De hecho

In fact

De hecho

Actually

En realidad

That is (to say)

Es decir

In other words

En otras palabras

For example / For instance

Por ejemplo

8.- To change what is being said and to express a personal opinion.

In my opinion

En mi opinion

From my point of view

Desde mi punto de vista

Personally

Personalmente

As far as Im concerned

Por lo que a mi respecta

To a certain extent

Hasta cierto punto

Basically

Bsicamente

Especially

Especialmente

In particular

En particular

Above all

Sobre todo

On the whole

En general

In general

En general

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