Essay/ Oral phrases Flashcards

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1
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A primera vista

A

At First sight

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Resumir la tema

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To summarise the issue

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A corto plazo

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In the short term

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In the long term

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A largo plazo

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Una situación inquietante

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A worrying situation

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In other words

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Dicho de otro modo

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Not only… But

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No sólo… sino

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As we already know

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Como ya se sabe

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It’s a question of

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Es una cuestión de

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In spite of this

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A pesar de esto

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This leads me to think that

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Esto me lleva a pensar que

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On the contrary

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Al contrario

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The crux of the matter

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El quid de la cuestión

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It’s better to… than

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Más vale… que

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In one way or another

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De una manera u otra

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In exchange for

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A cambio de

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According to the facts

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Según los datos

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For whatever reason

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Por cualquier razón

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We have to bear in mind that

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Debemos tener en cuenta que

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Wouldn’t it be better if…?

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No sería mejor que ? (+imperfect subjunctive)

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To reject an argument

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Rechazar un argumento

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To sum up

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Resumir

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23
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Tenemos que preguntamos

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We have to ask ourselves

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Aunque haya habido

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Although there have been

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whatever it takes

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cueste lo que cueste

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even so

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aún así

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up to what point

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hasta qué punto

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it scares me

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me da miedo

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to give a voice

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dar una voz

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at the end of the day

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al fin y al cabo

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you are wrong

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usted se equivoca

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I don’t share your opinion

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no comparto su opinión

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however

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no obstante

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perhaps it is true, but

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acaso sea verdad, pero

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with regard to

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a propósito de

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as for

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en lo que concierne a

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we are dealing with

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se trata aquí de

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as an example

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por vía de ejemplo

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I am in favour of

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soy partidario de

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as I have said

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como ya he dicho

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let us assume

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pongamos por caso

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let us not forget that

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no olvidemos que

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consequently

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por consiguiente

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for the time being

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hoy por hoy

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in fact

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en efecto

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in short

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en suma

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regardless

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no importa cuál sea

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unless

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a menos que

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as much as possible

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tanto como sea posible

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unfortunately

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desgraciadamente

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the stumbling block

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el tropiezo

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be that as it may

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sea como sea

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the plain truth of the matter is…

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la verdad lisa y llana es…

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the figures prove that…

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las cifras atestan que

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and as if that were not enough

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y por si eso fuera poco

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in particular

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en concreto

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Nowadays

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en la actualidad

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without delay

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sin demora

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for the umpteenth time

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por enésima vez

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the keystone

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la piedra angular

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it would be a miracle if…

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sería un milagro que

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to reject an argument

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rechazar un argumento

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lets turn the argument on its head

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pongamos el argumento patas arriba

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paradoxically

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paradójicamente

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immediately

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en seguida