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1
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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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6
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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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10
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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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18
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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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19
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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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21
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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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25
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Por ejemplo

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Like

The bar has a lot of sandwiches, like with egg salad, tuna, ham and cheese.

26
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Se usa para destacar also sobre el resto / sobretodo

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Above all

I want the party to be fun above all.

27
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O / O mejor

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Or rather

You should listen to them more, or rather you should actually do what they say.

28
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Sin embargo, aún así

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Nevertheless / Nonetheless

I don’t agree with you completely, nevertheless I’ll help you.

29
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Mientras

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While

While this works for me, I can see why it’s not good for you.

30
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En lugar de

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Instead of

Fred should be studying more, instead of hanging out so often.

31
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Si no

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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.

32
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Mientras que

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Whereas

My father likes to sky whereas my mother is a good swimmer.

33
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A diferencia de

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Unlike

Unlike my brother, I like vegetables.

34
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Contrariamente a

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Contrary to

Contrary to the weather forecast, it was a beautiful day today.

35
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En comparación / Comparando con

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In comparison (to)

Greg’s a genius; my grades are bad in comparison.

36
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Si

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If

If you really like pizza, you should try Mario’s.

37
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siempre y cuando, en tanto que, mientras que.

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As long as / so long as

Her mother told him he could play soccer as long as his grade were good.

38
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Si no / De lo contrario

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Otherwise

Behave, otherwise you won’t go to the concert.

39
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por si, por si acaso.

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In case

In case you get hungry, there’s a meatlof in the fridge.

40
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Suponiendo que, en caso de que.

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Supposing

Supposing they accepted our invitation, what will we have for dinner?

41
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Porque

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Because

Hillary was promoted because she worked very hard.

42
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Por esto, a causa de

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Because of

We can’t sell our home easily because of the plumbing problems.

43
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Debido a

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Due to

Sally was late due to tube strike.

44
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Gracias a

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Thanks to

My party was a blast thanks to this great DJ.

45
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Para

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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.

46
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Mientras, porque, aunque.

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As

The dog ran away as it fears pigeons.

47
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Desde

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Since

Since Ben knows her well, he will toast her at her birthday party.

48
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Esta es la razón por la que, por esto.

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This is the reason why

His new novel is very different from the previous ones. This is the reason why it’s selling bad.

49
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Esto es porque lo que

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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.

50
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Por esta razón

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For this reason

Those trees have some disease, for this reason they will be cut down.

51
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Entonces

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So

Kate will move to France so she’s learning French.

52
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Para, con el objetivo de

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So as to

Let me know when you decide so as to I can organize my schedule.

53
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En consecuencia / Entonces

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In consequence / consequently

Lisa forgot to set an alarm, consequently she’s late for work.

54
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Aunque, sin embargo

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Though

The waiter was impeccable though his clients were very annoying.

55
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En este/ en ese caso

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In this / In that case

It’s getting cloudy, maybe it will rain. In that case, we have umbrellas.

56
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Para, con el fin de

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In order to

In order to have a good harvest, the farmer has to protect his field from crows.

57
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Finalmente

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Finally

Finally the mechanic fixed my car.

58
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Al final

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At the end / in the end

In the end, my grandmother was right.

59
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Al fin / Por fin

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At last

My daughter is going to take her last exam at last.

60
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En conclusión, para concluir

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In conclusion / to conclude

In conclusion, our firm has had a great year.

61
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En resumen

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To sum up

To sum up my presentation, we need to invest more in marketing.

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