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Discourse Markers and Common Expressions
Chapter 2, Function
My topic today is (Introducing)
First and foremost (Listing)
On top of that (Giving futher information)
Just what is meant by (Defining)
It
goes without saying that (Give background information)
Stems from (Comes from)
Gave rise to (Caused)
Instead
of (Rather than)
Owing to (Due to)
Today we are going to discuss (Introducing)
After all is said
and done (After all debate is finished)
Prior to (Before)
Although (Giving contrasting information)
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Chapter 3, Function
To begin (Listing )
All in all (Summarizing )
As far as I
am concerned (Giving opinion)
It is worth mentioning (Emphasizing )
All that aside (Shifiting
topics)
A turning point (An important point of change in direction or meaning )
Without regard to (Ignoring)
Supposing
that (What if?)
Practically speaking (Talking common sense)
Foot the bill (Pay all)
If you ask me
(Giving an opinion)
It is all or nothing (Completely or not at all)
To wrap up (to finish)
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Chapter 4, Function
Today we are going to look at (Introducing)
Next (Listing )
In
other words (Clarifying)
If you ask me (Concluding)
Let me end by saying (Concluding)
At first
glance (Giving an opinion)
Ok (Shifting subtopics)
X is a type of y (Defining )
In terms of (Setting
guidelines)
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Chapter 5, Function
The purpose of this talk today is (Introducing)
To begin with (Listing)
By
the way (Giving additional information)
Let me put it another way Clarifying
Furthermore (Emphasizing)
As
we know (Giving background information)
Let me give you some specific examples (Giving examples)
However
(Giving contrasting information)
We’ve seen that (Summarizing / concluding )
To my mind (Giving
opinion)
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Chapter 6, Function
In this respect (Clarify )
In addition (Give further information)
Parenthetically
speaking (Clarify)
Lest we forget (Emphasize)
A point of contention (Subject of disagreement)
Back
and forth (Going and returning)
That is hardly the case (Not the situation at all)
No matter (It really
isn't important)
Talking at cross purposes (With two opposing points of view or action)
On the condition that (If)
Poke
holes in (Find something wrong with)
And so on (Etcetera)
In a nutshell (Basically, in summary)
At
the onset (At the beginning)
All the more (Even more)
Under no circumstances (Not for any reason)
When
it comes down to it (The truth is)
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