Useful Sentence Starters/Connectives Flashcards

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Tout d’abord

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first of all

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Premièrement

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firstly

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Deuxièmement

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secondly

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Je vais parler de

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I am going to speak about

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Nous allons examiner/ étudier

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We are going to examine/study

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Ce qui m’intéresse le plus est

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What I find the most interesting

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Je voudrais me pencher sur le thème de

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I would like to look into the topic/theme of

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Il s’agit ici de

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We are dealing here with

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Nous devons considérer deux aspects du problème

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We are going to have to consider two aspects of the problem

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À mon avis

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In my opinion

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En ce qui me concerne

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As far as I am concerned

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Pour ma part

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For my part

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Quant à moi

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As for me

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De mon point de vue

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From my point of view

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Je pense que

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I think that

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Je crois que

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I believe that

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Je trouve (que)

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I find that

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Il me semble que

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It seems to me that

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Je suis sûr/ sûre que

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I am sure that

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Je suis convaincu(e) que

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I am convinced that

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Je dirais que

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I would say that

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J’ai tendance à croire que

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I am inclined to believe that

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Il est nécessaire de préciser que

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It is necessary to specify that

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Il est important de prendre en compte

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It is important to take into account

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Il est évident que
It is obvious/evident that
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Il est incontestable que
It is unquestionable/incontestable that
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Il faut souligner que
One must point out that
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Il faut noter que
It must be noted that
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Cela laisse à penser que
This suggests / leads us to believe that
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Par conséquent
Consequently
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Donc
therefore
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Ainsi
thus
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Pour cette raison
for this reason
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C’est-à-dire
that is to say
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De plus
besides
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Puis/ Ensuite
then
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C’est pourquoi
that's why
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D’où
hence
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On peut déduire que
it can be deduced that
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On peut penser que
it can be thought that
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On peut comprendre que
it can be understood that
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On peut interpréter ceci comme
we can interpret this as
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Cet exemple prouve que
this example proves that
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Ce passage montre que
this passage proves that
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Mais
but
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Cependant
however
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Au contraire
on the contrary
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En fait
actually
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En revanche/ par contre
on the other hand
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D’un côté… d’un autre côté
on one hand... on the other hand
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Bien que (+subjonctif)
although
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Même si
even if/even though
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Néanmoins
nevertheless
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En effet
indeed/in effect
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En conclusion
in conclusion
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Pour résumer
to summarise
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Finalement/ Enfin
finally
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first of all
Tout d’abord
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firstly
Premièrement
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secondly
Deuxièmement
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I am going to speak about
Je vais parler de
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We are going to examine/study
Nous allons examiner/ étudier
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What I find the most interesting
Ce qui m’intéresse le plus est
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I would like to look into the topic/theme of
Je voudrais me pencher sur le thème de
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We are dealing here with
Il s’agit ici de
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We are going to have to consider two aspects of the problem
Nous devons considérer deux aspects du problème
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In my opinion
À mon avis
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As far as I am concerned
En ce qui me concerne
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For my part
Pour ma part
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As for me
Quant à moi
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From my point of view
De mon point de vue
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I think that
Je pense que
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I believe that
Je crois que
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I find that
Je trouve (que)
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It seems to me that
Il me semble que
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I am sure that
Je suis sûr/ sûre que
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I am convinced that
Je suis convaincu(e) que
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I would say that
Je dirais que
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I am inclined to believe that
J’ai tendance à croire que
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It is necessary to specify that
Il est nécessaire de préciser que
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It is important to take into account
Il est important de prendre en compte
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It is obvious/evident that
Il est évident que
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It is unquestionable/incontestable that
Il est incontestable que
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One must point out that
Il faut souligner que
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It must be noted that
Il faut noter que
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This suggests / leads us to believe that
Cela laisse à penser que
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Consequently
Par conséquent
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therefore
Donc
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thus
Ainsi
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for this reason
Pour cette raison
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that is to say
C’est-à-dire
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besides
De plus
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then
Puis/ Ensuite
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that's why
C’est pourquoi
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hence
D’où
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it can be deduced that
On peut déduire que
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it can be thought that
On peut penser que
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it can be understood that
On peut comprendre que
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we can interpret this as
On peut interpréter ceci comme
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this example proves that
Cet exemple prouve que
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this passage proves that
Ce passage montre que
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but
Mais
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however
Cependant
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on the contrary
Au contraire
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actually
En fait
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on the other hand
En revanche/ par contre
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on one hand... on the other hand
D’un côté… d’un autre côté
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although
Bien que (+subjonctif)
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even if/even though
Même si
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nevertheless
Néanmoins
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indeed/in effect
En effet
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in conclusion
En conclusion
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to summarise
Pour résumer
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finally
Finalement/ Enfin