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TIME: at first, in the beginning, then, next, after that, just then, at the same time, previously, before
that, in the end, at once, thereupon (la care), soon, after a while, on another occasion, the next
day, an hour (week, minute, month, year) later, meanwhile, until then, at the(this) moment, so far,
just, lately, already, yet, often, seldom, rarely, every so often, every hour on the hour, every other
day, day in day out, up to now, at this point, from now on, finally, eventually, henceforward;
ORDER OF IDEAS: to begin with, firstly, first of all, in the first place, secondly, thirdly, finally
ADDITION OF IDEAS: and, also, not only but also, furthermore, moreover, in addition to,
besides, alternatively, incidentally, by the way, a further/an additional (argument/ advantage/
disadvantage/ drawback), another, apart from, what is more, as well as;
EXPLANATION: that is to say, I mean, in other words, thus, that is why, this means that;
COMPARISON: likewise, similarly, in the same way, on the other hand,
CAUSE/REASON: for, because, since, given that, owing to, under the circumstances, once,
as;
CONSEQUENCE: so, then, therefore, consequently, because of this, for this reason, on account of
this, as a result, in consequence, arising of this, in this respect, in this regard, to return to the point;
INTRODUCING EXAMPLES: for example, for instance, such as, like, in particular, particularly;
EMPHASIZING A POINT: clearly, obviously, naturally, of course, needless to say, indeed
EXPRESSING REALITY: in fact, the fact/matter is, actually, in practice, it is a fact that, in effect;
PURPOSE: so that, in order that, so as to, in order to, for fear (+should/ might/would), in case
(+should/might), lest (+should), for this purpose, with this in mind, to this end;
CONCESSION: yet, although, though, still, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, despite, in
spite of., only, however+adjective/adverb+subject+may/might, even so,
OPPOSITION: on the other hand, by contrast, on the contrary, but, all the same, otherwise, while,
whereas, unlike A, B is not, regardless of the fact that, let alone;
ALTERNATIVE: eitheror, or, neither nor, or else, alternatively, instead, rather, at
least, in any case, in either case, whichever way it is, anyway, anyhow, at any rate
PROGRESSION: the more the more, the morethe less, the less the more, the less
the less, gradually, progressively, little by little, step by step
CONDITION/HYPOTHESIS: if, unless, in the eventuality of, on condition that, as long as,
provided (that), so long as, suppose, supposing, providing, but for;
MAKING GENERAL STATEMENTS: as a rule, generally, in general, on the whole, by and
large, in most cases
MAKING PARTIALLY CORRECT STATEMENTS: to a certain extent/degree, to some
extent/degree, this is partly true, there is some truth in this, up to a point;
CONCLUSION: so, at last, to sum up, briefly, in short, in a nutshell, to resume, in conclusion, all
in all, to conclude, on balance, all things considered, taking everything into account/consideration;