Conversational Connectors Flashcards

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Don’t be upset but (Apologising)

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No te vayas a enojar pero

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It was a slip of the tongue (Apologising)

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Fué un lapsus

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I said it by mistake (Apologising)

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Lo dije por error

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I am sorry that (Apologising)

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Lamento que

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One hundred percent (Dis/Agreeing)

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Cien por ciento

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Without question (Dis/Agreeing)

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Sin duda

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Exactly Right (Dis/Agreeing)

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Exactamente

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Certainly (Dis/Agreeing)

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Ciertamente

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Without a doubt (Dis/Agreeing)

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No hay duda de que

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In no case (Dis/Agreeing)

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Bajo ninguna circunstancia

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That isn’t true at all (Dis/Agreeing)

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Eso no es verdad del todo

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That is an exaggeration (Dis/Agreeing)

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Eso es una exageración

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I really can’t believe that (Dis/Agreeing)

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Realmente no lo puedo creer

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That’s one way to say it (Dis/Agreeing)

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Esa es una forma de decirlo

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Only up to a certain point (Dis/Agreeing)

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Sólo hasta cierto punto

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Certainly why not? (Dis/Agreeing)

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Claro. ¿Por qué no?

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I agree (Dis/Agreeing)

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Estoy de acuerdo

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That remains to be seen (Closing)

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Eso está por verse

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Understandably (Filler)

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Yo entiendo que

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Frankly speaking (Filler)

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Honestamente hablando

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Between you and me (Filler)

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Acá entre nos

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Anyway (Filler)

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Como sea

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Well then (Filler)

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Pues muy bien

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Well as a matter of fact (Filler)

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Bien de hecho

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How can I put it? (Filler)
Como te explico?
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I must say that (Filler)
Debo decir que
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Firstly (Filler)
En primera
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Secondly (Filler)
Segundo
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I would like you to know that (Filler)
Quiero que sepas que
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I am afraid that (Filler)
Me temo que
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After all (Filler)
Después de todo
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As far as I am concerned (Filler)
Hasta donde yo sé
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More and more (Filler)
Más y más
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Actually (Filler)
De hecho
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All joking aside (Filler)
Hablando en serio
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No seriously (Filler)
Ya en serio
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And what's more (Elaborating)
Y qué mejor
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Nevertheless (Elaborating)
Sin embargo
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Even though (In spite of) (Elaborating)
A pesar de que
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That sounds like (Elaborating)
Eso suena como si
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And that's why (Elaborating)
y es por eso que
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And now that (Elaborating)
Y ya que
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That is a good question (Opening)
Esa es una buena pregunta
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That is such a difficult question (Opening)
Esa es una pregunta muy complicada
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Can you tell me please (Passing)
Me podrias decir por favor
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And what do you think? (Passing)
Y tú que piensas?
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To tell the truth (Qualifying)
Al decir verdad
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I hope that (Qualifying)
Espero que
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In my opinion (Qualifying)
En mi opinión
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I don't know exactly but (Qualifying)
No lo sé exactamente pero
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As you may know (Qualifying)
Como tal vez sabrás
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If I understand correctly (Qualifying)
A lo que yo entiendo
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As you already know (Qualifying)
Como tú bien sabes
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As far as I know (Qualifying)
Hasta donde yo sé
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I have the impression that (Qualifying)
Me da la impresión de que
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It is usually true that (Qualifying)
Usualmente es cierto que
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You never know (Qualifying) but
Nunca se sabe pero
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I haven't thought about it before but (Qualifying)
No lo había pensado pero
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If I am not mistaken (Qualifying)
Si no me equivoco
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I am not certain whether (Qualifying)
No estoy seguro si
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Like every other man (Qualifying)
Como cualquier otro hombre
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I have my own opinion on it but (Qualifying)
Tengo mi propia opinión sobre eso pero
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I am not such an expert but (Qualifying)
No soy ningún experto pero
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She said something like (Quoting)
Ella dijo ago como
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My friend pointed out that (Quoting)
Mi amigo me señaló que
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Recently I heard that (Quoting)
Recientemente escuché que
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Now it occurs to me that
Se me ocurre que
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By the way
Por cierto
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And besides that
Y encima de eso
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Oh I nearly forgot
Oh casi lo olvido
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And one more thing
Y una cosa más
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On the other hand
Por otro lado
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What you need to understand is (Insisting)
Lo que tienes que entender es
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This is the important thing (Insisting)
Lo importante es
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Do you see what I mean (Requesting)
¿Ves lo que quiero decir?
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What are you thinking (Requesting)
¿Qué estás pensando?
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You look friendly (Opening)
Pareces amistoso
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I don't mean to interrupt but (Opening)
No pretendía interrumpirte pero
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I really like your style (Opening)
Realmente me gusta tu estilo
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One hundered percent.
al cien por cien
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Without question
sin dudarlo
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Most certainly
seguramente
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Without a doubt
sin duda
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In no case
ni de coña
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That isn't true at all
para nada eso no es cierto
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That is an exaggeration
eso es una exageración
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That's one way to say it
esa es una manera de decirlo
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Certainly why not?
claro ¿por qué no?
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We agreed that ...
quedamos en que...
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I absolutely agree …
estoy totalmente de acuerdo...
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It is up to you whether ...
depende de ti si...
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I completely agree with you but …
estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo pero...
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That would be a good idea
eso sería una excelente idea
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That’s an interesting thought
esa es una idea interesante
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I fully agree with you
estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo
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Provided that ...
siempre y cuando
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I don’t like to complain but ...
no me gusta quejarme pero...
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I am against it
estoy en contra
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Don't be upset but …
no te enfades pero...
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It was a slip of the tongue
fue un lapsus
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I said it that way by mistake
fue una equivocación decirlo de esa manera
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I am sorry but …
lo siento pero...
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I am afraid to say that …
siento decirte que....
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I am afraid that …
me temo que...
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I hope you won’t be offended if ...
espero que no te ofendas si...
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To my shame I must admit that …
para mi desgracia debo admitir que...
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I blame myself that ...
me culpo de...
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I would like to but unfortunately
me gustaría pero desafortunadamente...
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I am sorry to interrupt but …
perdona que interrumpa pero...
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I am sorry to bother you but ...
perdona que te moleste pero...
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I must admit that I really don’t know the answer
debo admitir que no conozco la respuesta
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Unfortunately I can’t answer that
desafortunadamente no puedo contestar a eso
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Unfortunately there is no easy answer to that question
desafortunadamente no hay una respuesta sencilla a eso
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I am sorry if my English is a little difficult to understand
siento que mi español sea difícil de entender
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I am sorry but I don’t know the exact expression for it in English
lo siento pero no sé la frase exacta en español
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It is clear that ...
está claro que...
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The matter of the fact is that ...
el hecho es que...
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It is nonsense to claim that ...
es una tontería decir que...
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This shows that ...
esto demuestra que...
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The question is …
la cuestión es...
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Strange as it may seem …
por extraño que parezca...
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It is surprising that …
es sorprendente que...
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I don't have the slightest idea about it …
no tengo ni la más remota idea de lo que es eso...
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The only trouble is (in that) that …
el único problema de eso es que...
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The only trouble is (with that) that …
el único problema con eso es que...
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It seems very unlikely that …
parece poco probable que...
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It is obvious that …
es obvio que...
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It is incorrect that …
es incorrecto que...
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It makes sense that …
tiene sentido eso de que...
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I don't see any reason why …
no veo ninguna razón por la cual...
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I don't understand at all why ...
no entiendo para nada por qué...
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The snag with that is that …
la pega de todo eso es que...
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That might be one of the reasons why …
esa puede ser una de las razones por las que...
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I bet that ...
me apuesto a que...
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It is necessary ...
hay que...
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In spite of the fact that ...
a pesar del hecho de que...
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I will see to it that ...
me encargaré de que...
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There is still a chance that …
todavía hay posibilidades de que...
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I am totally certain that ...
estoy totalmente segura de que...
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You should know that …
deberías saber que....
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That remains to be seen
eso hay que verlo
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Before I finish ...
antes de acabar...
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Allow me to thank you very much for everything.
permíteme que te dé las gracias por todo
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So goodbye and thanks again
así que adiós y gracias otra vez
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I hope we see each other again soon
espero que nos volvamos a ver pronto
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To be more precise ...
para ser más precisos...
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And what's more ...
y lo que es más...
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While I am already talking about it ...
ya que estoy hablando de eso...
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Allow me to say it another way ...
déjame que lo explique de otra manera....
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That is to say ...
o sea es decir...
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And more specifically ...
y más concretamente...
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Nevertheless ...
sin embargo...
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Even though ...
incluso...
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That sounds like ...
eso suena a que...
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And that is why ...
y esa es la razón por la que...
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In other words ...
en otras palabras...
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To say it another way ...
diciéndolo de otra manera....
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Moreover …
más aún....
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Another advantage is that ...
otra ventaja es que...
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Another disadvantage is that ...
otra desventaja es que...
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What interests me the most is ...
lo que más me interesa es...
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The interesting thing about it is that ...
lo interesante de eso es que...
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Like I have just mentioned ...
tal y como acabo de decir...
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I would like to explain to you how ...
me gustaría explicarte cómo..
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It happened like this ...
ocurrió de la siguiente manera...
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Putting it briefly …
para abreviar...
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Like I just said …
como acabo de decir....
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And to make matters worse …
y para empeorar las cosas...
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A good example of this is …
un buen ejemplo de esto sería...
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What I am trying to say is that ...
lo que intento aqui decir es que...
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I must emphasise that ...
debo enfatizar que...
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I would like to add something ...
me gustaría añadir algo...
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Another way of saying it is ...
otra manera de decirlo es...
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I was amazed that ...
me asombró que...
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It amused me when …
me divirtió cuando...
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I hate when …
odio cuando...
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I am pleased that ...
me alegra que...
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What a pity
que pena
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That is really surprising
eso es realmente sorprendente
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That is unbelievable
es increíble
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I am very encouraged
estoy muy motivada
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It is disgraceful
es una desgracia
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It is rather (enough) boring
es bastante aburrido
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Understandably ...
comprensiblemente...
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Frankly speaking ...
hablando francamente....
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Between you and me ...
entre tú y yo...
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Anyway ...
de todas maneras...
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Well then ...
bueno entonces...
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Well as a matter of fact ...
bueno de hecho...
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How can I put it?
¿cómo puedo decirlo?
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I must say that …
debo decir que...
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Firstly ...
primeramente (primero)...
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Secondly ...
segundo...
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I am afraid that ...
me temo que...
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Now and then it seems to me that ...
de vez en cuando parece que...
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As far as I am concerned ...
en lo que a mí respecta...
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More and more ...
cada vez más...
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Actually ...
de hecho...
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All joking aside ...
bromas aparte...
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It is remarkable that ...
tiene gracia que...
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Thank you heartily
gracias de todo corazón...
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That is such a good question
esa es una pregunta muy buena
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That is a difficult question
esa es una pregunta difícil
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Once upon a time long ago ...
érase una vez hace mucho tiempo...
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I must first say that …
primero debo decir que...
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Could you tell me …
me podrías decir...
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To tell the truth ...
para serte sincera...
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I presume that ...
asumo que...
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I hope that ...
espero que...
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In my opinion ...
en mi opinión...
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If that is true ...
si eso es cierto...
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I don't know exactly ...
no sé exactamente...
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The way I see it is that ...
la manera en la que yo lo veo es que...
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I would like to think that ...
me gustaría pensar que...
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As you may know ...
como puede que sepas...
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I don't have a big interest in that
no tengo mucho interés en eso
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If I understand correctly ...
si te estoy entendiendo bien...
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As far as I know ...
hasta lo que yo sé...
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I suppose that ...
supongo que...
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If all goes well …
si todo va bien....
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One never knows but ...
nunca se sabe pero...
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Recently I heard that ...
hace poco oí que...
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As they say …
como se suele decir...
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Judging by what he said …
a partir de lo que ellos dicen...
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I found out that ...
me enteré de que...
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It started to be evident that ...
empezó a ser evidente que...
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I soon realised that ...
pronto me di cuenta de que...
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I never realised that ...
nunca me di cuenta del hecho de que...
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Eventually I realised that ...
en un momento dado me di cuenta de que....
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It seemed to me that ...
me parecía que...
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I recollect that …
recuerdo que...
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As far as I remember ...
hasta lo que yo recuerdo...
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I vaguely remember that ...
recuerdo vagamente que...
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An idea flashed through my mind that …
se me pasó por la cabeza la idea de que...
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I don't recall exactly ...
no lo recuerdo exactamente...
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The one thing which I recall is that …
la única cosa que sí recuerdo es...
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It struck me that ...
me chocó que...
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Later I learned that …
más tarde supe que...
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It started to become soon clear that ...
empezó pronto a estar claro que..
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It occurred to me that ...
se me ocurrió que...
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And so it happened that ...
entonces lo que pasó fue que...
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Now it occurs to me that ...
ahora se me ocurre que...
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By the way ...
por cierto...
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And besides that ...
y aparte de eso
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Oh I nearly forgot ...
uy casi se me olvida...
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And one more thing ...
y otra cosa...