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Por cierto / a propósito

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By the way

By the way, I saw your mother at the grocery store yesterday.

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Así, por consiguiente.

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Thus / Therefore

The student didn’t like his teacher therefore he didn’t study.

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Por si acaso

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Just in case

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A pesar de

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In spite of

In spite of your efforts to explain me, I didn’t understand, sorry.

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Dicho esto

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That being said

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A menos que

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Unless

I can come with you, unless you want to go alon

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Sin embargo

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However

I hear you. However, I disagree.

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Entonces / luego

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Then / Next

I went to the bar, then I met him. Next thing I remember, we were drunk.

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Como resultado / En consecuencia

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As a result

I spent my weekend sleeping. As a result I was very active on Monday.

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On the one hand

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Por un lado

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On the other hand

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Por otro lado

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En contraste

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In contrast

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Primero / antes que nada / como primera medida

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First / First all

First of all, I’d like to thank you for being here. Then, let me introduce you my business partner.

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En / Al principio / En un principio

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In / At the beginning

At the beginning we thought to work as a team.

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También / También (al final de la expresión)

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Also / Too (at the end of the expression)

Also, I want to read an interesting book / You should wear a scarf too.

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Además de

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As well as

She brought me a cake as well as a present.

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Además / es más

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Moreover / Furthermore / Besides / In addition

Moreover, Grace broke a glass too!

Besides, I don’t like that director.

Paul brought some ice cream in addition.

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De hecho

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In fact / as a matter of fact

You misunderstood, as a matter of fact.

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De verdad, en realidad

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Actually

After all these texts, I can’t wait to actually meet John.

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En cualquier caso, de todas formas

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Anyway

I didn’t mean to be harsh with Kevin anyway.

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De la misma manera

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In the same way

The braidsmaids were dressed in the same way.

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En otras palabras / Dicho de otro modo

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In other words

I’m very busy these days; in other words, I can’t help you anymore.

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O sea / Es decir

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That is to say

That dress is very particular. That is to say, I won’t never wear it.

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Como / Tales como

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Such as

I like flowers, such as roses and sunflowers.

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Por ejemplo
Like The bar has a lot of sandwiches, like with egg salad, tuna, ham and cheese.
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Se usa para destacar also sobre el resto / sobretodo
Above all I want the party to be fun above all.
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O / O mejor
Or rather You should listen to them more, or rather you should actually do what they say.
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Sin embargo, aún así
Nevertheless / Nonetheless I don’t agree with you completely, nevertheless I’ll help you.
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Mientras
While While this works for me, I can see why it’s not good for you.
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En lugar de
Instead of Fred should be studying more, instead of hanging out so often.
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Si no
If not If it’s a sunny day tomorrow we can go to the sea. If not, let’s make a nice dinner at home.
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Mientras que
Whereas My father likes to sky whereas my mother is a good swimmer.
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A diferencia de
Unlike Unlike my brother, I like vegetables.
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Contrariamente a
Contrary to Contrary to the weather forecast, it was a beautiful day today.
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En comparación / Comparando con
In comparison (to) Greg’s a genius; my grades are bad in comparison.
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Si
If If you really like pizza, you should try Mario’s.
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siempre y cuando, en tanto que, mientras que.
As long as / so long as Her mother told him he could play soccer as long as his grade were good.
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Si no / De lo contrario
Otherwise Behave, otherwise you won’t go to the concert.
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por si, por si acaso.
In case In case you get hungry, there’s a meatlof in the fridge.
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Suponiendo que, en caso de que.
Supposing Supposing they accepted our invitation, what will we have for dinner?
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Porque
Because Hillary was promoted because she worked very hard.
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Por esto, a causa de
Because of We can’t sell our home easily because of the plumbing problems.
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Debido a
Due to Sally was late due to tube strike.
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Gracias a
Thanks to My party was a blast thanks to this great DJ.
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Para
For Tom brought her a doughnut to make up for he knew her very well. The eagle is making a nest for her baby birds.
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Mientras, porque, aunque.
As The dog ran away as it fears pigeons.
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Desde
Since Since Ben knows her well, he will toast her at her birthday party.
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Esta es la razón por la que, por esto.
This is the reason why His new novel is very different from the previous ones. This is the reason why it’s selling bad.
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Esto es porque lo que
This is why Erin you look great! Thanks, this is why I love my hairdresser! I need a shoulder to cray on, that is why I called you, my friend.
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Por esta razón
For this reason Those trees have some disease, for this reason they will be cut down.
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Entonces
So Kate will move to France so she’s learning French.
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Para, con el objetivo de
So as to Let me know when you decide so as to I can organize my schedule.
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En consecuencia / Entonces
In consequence / consequently Lisa forgot to set an alarm, consequently she’s late for work.
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Aunque, sin embargo
Though The waiter was impeccable though his clients were very annoying.
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En este/ en ese caso
In this / In that case It’s getting cloudy, maybe it will rain. In that case, we have umbrellas.
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Para, con el fin de
In order to In order to have a good harvest, the farmer has to protect his field from crows.
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Finalmente
Finally Finally the mechanic fixed my car.
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Al final
At the end / in the end In the end, my grandmother was right.
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Al fin / Por fin
At last My daughter is going to take her last exam at last.
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En conclusión, para concluir
In conclusion / to conclude In conclusion, our firm has had a great year.
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En resumen
To sum up To sum up my presentation, we need to invest more in marketing.

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