Good Phrases to Use in Literature Essays Flashcards

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The author shows

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El autor demuestra

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The author highlights, underlines

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El autor destaca, subraya

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The author establishes

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El autor establece

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The author presents to us

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El autor nos presenta

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The events reveal

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Los acontecimientos revelan

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The story effectively illustrates

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El relato ilustra de manera eficaz

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The fight for power between the republicans and the nationalists

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La lucha por el poder entre los republicanos y los nacionalistas

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There is no doubt that

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No cabe duda de que

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The priest is respected by Paco’s family

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El cura es respetado por la familia de Paco

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As the story unfolds

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A medida que se va desplegando la historia

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The events foreshadow

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Los sucesos anuncian

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the subject matter

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el asunto

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the character

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el personaje

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the personality

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el caracter

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development of characters

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la caracterizacion

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the key moment

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el punto culminante

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the final outcome

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el desenlace final

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the underlying theme

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el tema subyacente

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flashback

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la escena retrospectiva

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the focus

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el enfoque

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in fact

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de hecho

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es cierto que

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it is certain that

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they are presented

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se presentan

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firstly

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primero

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we have to ask ourselves

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tenemos que preguntarnos

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at first sight

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a primera vista

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moreover

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ademas

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in addition to what has been said

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ademas de lo dicho

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consequently

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por consecuencia

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on the other hand

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por otra parte

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having said that

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dicho eso

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to put it another way, or rather

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o sea

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as we already know

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como ya se sabe

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in addition

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por añadidura

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it turns out that

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resulta que

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of course

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claro que

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apart from that

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aparte de eso

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unfortunately

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por desgracia

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nevertheless

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no obstante

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in my opinion

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a mi modo de ver

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i think that (i have the opinion that)

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yo opino que

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for my part

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por mi parte

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i am convinced that

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estoy convencido de que (+indic)

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i am not convinced that

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no estoy convencido de que (+subj)

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this leads me to think that

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esto me lleva a pensar que

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as far as i know

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que yo sepa

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on the contrary

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al contrario

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on one hand

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por un lado

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whereas

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mientras que

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there is no denying that

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no se puede negar que

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it is certain that

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es cierto que

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and for this reason

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y por esta razón

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it is necessary that we understand

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es necessario que entendamos

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lets take for example the matter of

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pongamos por caso lo de

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this respect does not last long

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este respeto no dura mucho tiempo

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Mosen millan takes Paco with him to give the last rites to a dying man

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Mosen millan lleva a paco con el para dar los últimos ritos a un moribundo

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it is here that we see

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es aqui donde vemos

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Paco distancing himself from the priest

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paco distanciándose del cura

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at the end of the novel

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al final de la novela

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mosen millan is responsible for pacos death

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mosen millan es responsable de la muerte de paco

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this leads us to the inevitable conclusion

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esto nos lleva a la conclusion inevitable que

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Ramon j sender gives us a criticism of the catholic church

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ramón j sender nos ofrece una critica de la iglesia católica

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by means of

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a traves de