Good Phrases to Use in Literature Essays Flashcards

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The author shows

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El autor demuestra

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The author highlights, underlines

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El autor destaca, subraya

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The author establishes

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El autor establece

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The author presents to us

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El autor nos presenta

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The events reveal

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Los acontecimientos revelan

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The story effectively illustrates

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El relato ilustra de manera eficaz

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The fight for power between the republicans and the nationalists

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La lucha por el poder entre los republicanos y los nacionalistas

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There is no doubt that

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No cabe duda de que

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The priest is respected by Paco’s family

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El cura es respetado por la familia de Paco

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As the story unfolds

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A medida que se va desplegando la historia

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The events foreshadow

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Los sucesos anuncian

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the subject matter

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el asunto

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the character

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el personaje

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the personality

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el caracter

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development of characters

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la caracterizacion

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the key moment

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el punto culminante

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the final outcome

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el desenlace final

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the underlying theme

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el tema subyacente

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flashback

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la escena retrospectiva

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the focus

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el enfoque

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in fact

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de hecho

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es cierto que

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it is certain that

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they are presented

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se presentan

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firstly

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primero

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we have to ask ourselves
tenemos que preguntarnos
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at first sight
a primera vista
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moreover
ademas
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in addition to what has been said
ademas de lo dicho
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consequently
por consecuencia
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on the other hand
por otra parte
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having said that
dicho eso
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to put it another way, or rather
o sea
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as we already know
como ya se sabe
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in addition
por añadidura
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it turns out that
resulta que
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of course
claro que
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apart from that
aparte de eso
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unfortunately
por desgracia
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nevertheless
no obstante
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in my opinion
a mi modo de ver
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i think that (i have the opinion that)
yo opino que
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for my part
por mi parte
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i am convinced that
estoy convencido de que (+indic)
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i am not convinced that
no estoy convencido de que (+subj)
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this leads me to think that
esto me lleva a pensar que
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as far as i know
que yo sepa
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on the contrary
al contrario
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on one hand
por un lado
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whereas
mientras que
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there is no denying that
no se puede negar que
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it is certain that
es cierto que
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and for this reason
y por esta razón
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it is necessary that we understand
es necessario que entendamos
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lets take for example the matter of
pongamos por caso lo de
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this respect does not last long
este respeto no dura mucho tiempo
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Mosen millan takes Paco with him to give the last rites to a dying man
Mosen millan lleva a paco con el para dar los últimos ritos a un moribundo
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it is here that we see
es aqui donde vemos
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Paco distancing himself from the priest
paco distanciándose del cura
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at the end of the novel
al final de la novela
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mosen millan is responsible for pacos death
mosen millan es responsable de la muerte de paco
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this leads us to the inevitable conclusion
esto nos lleva a la conclusion inevitable que
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Ramon j sender gives us a criticism of the catholic church
ramón j sender nos ofrece una critica de la iglesia católica
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by means of
a traves de