Transition Connector Phrases Flashcards

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Beginning with

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A partir de

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Upon…

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Al + infinitive

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At the beginning

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Al principio

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In the first place

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En primer lugar

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To begin

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*Para empezar

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At the same time

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A la (misma) vez

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Presently

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Actualmente

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Besides, furthermore

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Además

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Right now

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Ahora mismo

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At the same time

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Al mismo tiempo

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Before

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Antes de + infinitive

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With respect to

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Con respecto a

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From now on

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En adelante

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Shortly, in a short while

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Dentro de poco

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Afterwards, after

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Después de + infinitive

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During

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Durante

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As soon as

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En cuanto

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Presently

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En la actualidad

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Then

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Entonces

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A short while ago

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Hace poco

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Until now

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Hasta el momento

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Nowadays

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Hoy día

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Then, later

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Luego

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While

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Mientras

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Meanwhile, in the
meantime

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Mientras tanto

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To continue

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*Para continuar

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First

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Primero

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Also

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También

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Neither nor…either

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*Tampoco

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As soon as

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Tan pronto como

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In spite of the fact that

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A pesar de (que)

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Although, even though

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*Aunque

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As, in as much as

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Como

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Otherwise

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De lo contrario

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By no means

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De ninguna manera

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On the other hand

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En cambio

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But

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Pero

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Without

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*Sin

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However, nevertheless

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*Sin embargo

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But

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Sino

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But rather

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Sino que

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So, therefore

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Así que

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With

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Con

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In that way

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De ese modo/ Manera que

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Regarding

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En cuanto a

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Instead of

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*En vez de

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To illustrate

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Para ilustrar

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Speaking of, in reference
to

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Hablando de

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Not….but rather

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No…sino (que)

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That’s why

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*Por eso

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As a rule, usually

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Por lo común

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Generally

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Por lo general

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On 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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For example

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*Por ejemplo

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The best is

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A lo mejor

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I support

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Apoyo

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In fact

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De hecho

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I believe that

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Creo que

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There must be

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Debe haber

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We must

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Debemos

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From my point of view

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Desde mi punta de vista

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Depending on

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Depende de

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In other words

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En otras palabras

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En my opinion

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En mi opinion

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En realidad

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Actually

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Es bueno que

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It’s good that

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It’s certain that

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Es cierto que

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It’s clear that

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Es claro que

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That is to say, in other words

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Es decir

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It’s evident that

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Es evidente que

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It’s important that

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Es importante que

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It’s logical that

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Es lógico que

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It’s bad that

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Es malo que

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It’s obvious that

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Es obvio que

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It’s terrible that

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Es terrible que

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It’s sad that

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Es triste que

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It’s true that

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Es verdad que

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I agree with

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Estoy de acuerdo
con/que

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I am against

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Estoy en contra de

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I am in favor of

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Estoy en favor de

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One must realize/ It should be taken into account that

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Hay que tomar en cuenta que

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The solution would be

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La solución sería

83
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What is important is that

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Lo importante es que

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What matters is that

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Lo que importa es que

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I’m opposed to

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Me apongo a

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It seems to me that

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Me parece que

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I do not agree

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No estoy de acuerdo
con/que

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I am not sure

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No estoy seguro/a

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That is to say, in other words

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O sea

88
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I think that

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Opino que/ Pienso que

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To me

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Para mí

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We could

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Podríamos

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Could be

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Puede ser

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What do you think?

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¿Qué opinas? / ¿Qué te parece?

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Without a doubt

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Sin duda

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Above all

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Sobre todo

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To be right

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Tener razón

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An advantage of

A

Una ventaja de

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A disadvantage of

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Una desventaja de

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On account of, because
of

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A causa de

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Finally, at last, in the
end

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Al fin

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After all

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Al fin y cabo

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Apparently, seemingly

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Al parecer

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So, therefore

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Así que

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Because

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Porque

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As a consequence

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Como consecuencia

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As a result

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Como resultado

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Anyhow, at any rate

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De todos modos

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Owing to, because of

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Debido a

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In conclusion, definitely

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*En conclusión

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In summary

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En resumen

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Finally, in short

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*En fin

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In any case

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En todo caso

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Finally

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Finalmente

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To conclude

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Para concluir

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To end

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Para terminar

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Because of

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*Por

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For that reason

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Por eso motivo

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Finally, at last

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Por fin

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For the same reason

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Por lo mismo

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Therefore

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Por lo tanto

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Because

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*Porque

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Seeing that (because)

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Ya que