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listing - examplification - addition - stress - comparison - contrast - modulation - cause - inference - reiteration - summary - process - conclusion

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1. LISTING for a start
to begin with
to start with

first(ly),
second(ly),
third(ly)

finally,
lastly,
last but not least

eventually
in conclusion

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2. EXAMPLIFICATION

for example
for instance

such as ...

like

as a first example
as another example/instance
another example yet is
as still another example
in still another instance

we can cite
we can here think of

among which

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3. ADDITION

then
in addition
additionally

besides
furthermore

as well as ... ( verb + ing )
not to mention
too
also
What's more

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4. STRESS (not) (very) much/many

a great deal / many a

a major ...
a large
an important ...

... of great importance
a high level of ...

above all

superlatives : best, smallest, least, etc.

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5.COMPARISON  
also
too

the same as ...
like
alike

in similar ways
similar to
similarly

in a like manner

both
all
neither

while
whereas

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6. CONTRAST now
but
yet
however
nevertheless

even so
on the other hand
unlike
in contrast with/to ...

contrasting
opposite
far from
other
another
otherwise

different
differently
a very different thing is

despite
in spite of

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7. MODULATION though
while
to some extent
whereas

rather

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8. CAUSE why
because
since
as

one cause ... another cause ...

a major/continuing cause for ..is ..

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9. RESULT as a result (of)
in consequence of

there result(s)
there follows that

the result is
the likely outcome

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10. INFERENCE thus
therefore
consequently
hence
as a result
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11. QUESTION/ANSWER
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12. REITERATION

as we have said before
as was mentioned before
as seen previously
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13. SUMMARY to sum up
in short
on the whole
all in all

when all is said and done
in a nutshell
to cut a long story short

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14. PROCESS at first
then
later
at last

the first stage
the second step

until
throughout
soon
after

for
since

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15. CONCLUSION By way of a conclusion
to conclude
as a conclusion
to sum up
i'd like to conclude by
in
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16. PURPOSE  
for + ing
for + sujet en forme de complément (me) + to
in order to
so that
with the intent of + ing
with a view to
17. ALTERNATIVES if
whether
 
 

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