Structures for Essays Flashcards

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at first site

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a primera vista

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it’s a topic that has been in the media for several years/months now

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es un tema que lleva varios anos /meses apareciendo en los medios

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a crisis on a world scale

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una crisis a escala mundial

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a worrying situation

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una situación inquietante

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the main worry/concern

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la preocupación predominante

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therefore (4 answers)

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por lo tanto/por consiguiente/por eso/por consecuencia

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on the other hand

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por otra parte

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due to this

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debido a esto

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having said that

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dicho eso

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or rather…

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o sea…

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not only … but

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no solo…sino

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as we already know

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como ya se sabe

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in addition

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por anadidura

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as a result of

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como resultado de

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it’s a question of

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se trata de

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however

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sin embargo

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nevertheless

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no obstante

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in spite of this

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a pesar de esto

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unfortunately (2 answers)

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por desgracia/afortunadamente

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the situation is getting worse

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la situación va empeorando

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given that

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dado que

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in my opinion (2 answers)

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a mi modo de ver/a mí me parece que

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there are those who say that

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hay quienes dicen que

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people think that

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la gente piensa que

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others maintain that
otros constatan que
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according to what one hears/sees
según se oye/se lee
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according to a survey
según una encuesta
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anyone can see that
cualquier es capaz de ver que
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as far as is known
que se sepa
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on the contrary
al contrario
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whereas
mientras que
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it can't be denied that
no se puede negar que
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it's better to ... than...
es más vale ... que...
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because of
en razón de
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to illustrate the problem
para ilustrar el problema
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with regard to
con respecto a
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in order to consider the matter in more detail
para considerar el asunto más detalladamente
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to a certain extent
hasta cierto punto
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for the most part
por la mayor parte
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in the last few years/months
durante estos últimos anos/meses
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a short time ago
hace poco
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formerly
anteriormente
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recently
recientemente
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the current situation
la situación actual
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subsequently
posteriormente
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as soon as possible
lo más pronto posible
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from...until
desde...hasta
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at the turn of the century
al final del siglo
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so that we can understand better
para que comprendamos mejor
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one has to ensure that
hay que asegurar que
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it would be a miracle if
sería un milagro que
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the reasoning
el razonamiento
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the solution which stands out
la solución que se destaca
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to take urgent measures
tomar medidas urgentes
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we can deduce that
podemos deducir que
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although with certain doubts/reservations
aunque con ciertas dudas/reservas
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so that the situation continues to improve
para que la situación siga mejorando
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so that the situation does not deteriorate
de modo que la situación no empeore