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conversation
Well, shall I go first?
To start with the
discussion
Lets get the ball rolling!
First of all
To begin with
Offering your
partner to start
Would you like to start? Quieres empezar?
Do you want to kick off? Quieres poner en marcha?
Answring the
partner who
asks
Of course, be my guest
Sure, go ahead
All right
Definitely. Please, go on
I think/believe that
I feel that
I reckon
In my opinion
From my point of view
In my experience
As far as Im concerned
To my mind
Well, personally
If I had my way
To be honest
Im not keen on
Its not my idea of
Bearing my mind
Creo que
Siento que
Creo que
En mi opinin
Desde mi punto de vista
En mi experiencia
Por lo que estoy preocupado
En mi opinin
Bueno, personalmente
Si por m fuera
Sinceramente
No estoy interesado en
Est no es mi idea de
Teniendo mi mente
I suppose/imagine/guess
Perhaps / maybe
It looks as if
It looks /seems like
It seems to me that
It may/might/could/cant
be
It appears
Giving Opinions
Speculating
I bet
Apuesto
I suspect
sospecho
Its difficult to say, but I
d guess
Est difcil de decir, pero Me supongo
Emphasis
I really do think
Actually, I do think
I honestely feel that
I strongly / firmly / really
believe that
Im pretty sure that
Im fairly certain that
Im convinced that
Without a doubt
Realmente pienso
En realidad, yo creo
Sinceramente creo que
Explaining
yourself
Getting to the
point
The real question is
La verdadera pregunta es
What bothers me is
Lo que me molesta es
The trouble is
El problema es
The awful thing is
Lo terrible es
The fact/truth of the
matter is
El hecho / verdad del asunto es
to get back to what I was
saying
para volver a lo que estaba diciendo
Emphasis
Believe it or not
You may not believe it,
but
It may sound strange,
but
The surprising thing is
Oddly / Funnily enough
I wonder if
Not everyone will agree
with me, but
Lo creas o no
Usted no lo crea, pero
Puede sonar extrao, pero
Lo sorprendente es
Curiosamente / Curiosamente
Me pregunto si
Adding
information
Besides that
And on top of that
Whats more
Moreover
And another thing
In addition
Not to mention the fact
that
Plus the fact that
Not only that, but
Adems de eso
Y encima de eso
Cmo ms
por otra parte
Y otra cosa
Adicionalmente
Por no mencionar el hecho de que
Adems, el hecho de que
No slo eso, sino que
Contrast &
comparison
Similariy
semejanza
Whereas / While / Whislst Mientras / Mientras / Mientras
However
sin embargo
Although
aunque
On the contrary
De lo contrario
Instead of
en lugar de
In contrast
en contraste
On the one hand / On the
other hand
Por un lado / Por otra parte
Asking for
partners
opinion
Do / Dont you think?
How about you?
Wouldnt you say?
What about this for an
idea?
Do you realise that?
Why is it that?
But, can / cant you
see?
Es / no crees ...?
Qu hay de t?
No volvera't usted dice ...?
Y esto por una idea?
Te das cuenta de que ...?
Por qu es eso?
Pero, puede / no te puedo ver ...?
check an
opinion
Do you mean to say? Es usted decir ...?
So, what you are saying
is
Por lo tanto, lo que est diciendo es
We take it for granted
that
Damos por sentado que
Others
Come on, get to the
point!
Entre t y yo,
Agree with
Disagree with
But dont forget that
Its not a big deal, but
but then again
very true, but
Even so,
Im not enterely sure
I strongly /firmly
disagree
Maybe, but I still think
Well, actually
Im sorry but I dont
agree
Lets agree to disagree
By the way
So, lets move on to te
next topic
but in the long run
Lets face it
Lets be realistic
In any case
Anyway
Talking of
The reminds me
Can I say something
here?
Ill tell you what we ll
do
A propsito
Developing the
topic
Asking for
explanations
Sorry, I dont follow you Lo siento, no te sigo
Sorry, I didnt catch the
last part
Lo siento, no he cogido la ltima parte
Sorry, could you repeat Lo sentimos, podra repetirlo?
that?
Gaining time
Thats a tricky question! Eso es una pregunta difcil!
Let me think
Djame pensar
In a situation like this
En una situacin como esta