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AGREEMENT PARTIAL AGREEMENT DISAGREEMENT I completely / absolutely agree with you. I agree up to a point but,… I cannot share this / that / the view.

There is no doubt about it that,… That´s true but,… I totally disagree.

I couldn´t agree more. You could be right. No way! (slang)

I completely agree. It sounds interesting, but,… I´m afraid I can´t agree with you.

That´s so true. I see you point, but,… To be honest,…

Absolutely. That´s partly true, but,… On the contrary (formal)

Exactly. I´m not so sure about that. It´s out of the question.

Of course. It is only partly true that,… That´s different.

You´re absolutely right. I can agree with that only with reservations. I don´t agree with you.

Yes, I agree. That seems obvious, but,… However,…

I think so too. That is not necessarily so. That´s not entirely true.

That´s a good point. It is not as simple as it seems. I´m sorry to disagree with you, but,…

I don´t think so either. I agree with you in principle, but,… Yes, but don´t you think,…

So I do. I agree with you in part but,… That´s not the same thing at all.

I´d go along with that. Well, you could be right. I´m afraid I have to disagree.

That´s true. I´m not so sure about that.

Neither do I. I must take issue with you on that

I agree with you entirely. I must it´s unjustifiable to say that,…

That´s just what I was thinking. What I object to is

I couldn´t agree more.

Others connectors and expressions

Because, on account of, in consequence, in view of, by reason of, on the ground that, as a result of, Porque, por cuenta de, en consecuencia, en vista de, por razón de, en razón de que, como resultado de due to, as, since, insofar as, often, that, seeing as, owing to debido a, como, ya que, en la medida en, a menudo, eso, viendo como, debido a

And if you are lost

I´m sorry I lost my train of thought Lo siento, perdí el hilo de mis pensamientos Please give me a second to consider Por favor, déjame un segundo para considerarlo I´ve never thought about that Nunca he pensado sobre eso, That is a very interesting idea. Esa es una interesante idea That´s a good question Esa es una buena pregunta Wow, how interesting, well Guau, que interesante, bien Let me think Déjame pensar

Others

Important Importante Major Mayor Main key Clave principal Essential Esencial Significant Significativo Valuable Valioso Considerable Considerable Necessary Necesario Of note De nota Crucial Crucial Consequential Consecuencia Powerful Poderoso Substantial Substancial Relevant Relevante

Agreeing with somebody I couldn´t agree more True enough I see things rather differently here It´s hard to disagree with that

Disagreeing with somebody I´m not so sure about that I don´t entirely agree with you Asking for clarification or repetition Would you mind repeating that? I´m afraid I didn´t catch Pardon?

Giving yourselves time to think How I can I best say this? How can I put this? May I think about that for a moment?

Saying something in another way Perhaps I should make that clearer by saying What I´m trying to say is,…

In other words,…. Interrupting Sorry to interrupting, but,… Asking somebody for their opinion What are your feeling about,…? What are your views on,…? To summing up In short,… To sum up,…

ADDITION COMPARISON

Further Adicional Similarly Del mismo modo

Furthermore Ademas Comparable comparable

Moreover Por otra parte In the same way En el mismo camino

In addition Además Likewise Igualmente

Additionally Adicionalmente, además As with Al igual que con

Then Entonces Equally Igualmente

Also También Just as.. so too Tal como,… así también

Too También A similar X Una similar X

Besides Además Another X like Otro X como

Again De nuevo CONTRAST

Equally important Igualmente importante However Sin embargo

First, second Lo primero, lo segundo Nevertheless Sin embargo

Finally, last Lo último On the other hand Por otra parte

TIME On the contrary Por el contrario

Meanwhile Mientras tanto Even so Aún así

Presently Ahora Notwithstanding A pesar de

At last Por fin Alternatively Alternativamente

Finally Finalmente At the same time Al mismo tiempo

Immediately Inmediatamente Though Aunque, sin embargo

Thereafter Después de eso Otherwise De otra manera

At the time En ese tiempo Instead En lugar

Subsequently Después Nonetheless No obstante

Eventually Eventualmente Conversely A la inversa

Currently Actualmente SUMMARY

In the meantime Mientras tanto In short Para resumir

In the past En el pasado On the whole En conjunto

RESULT In other words En otras palabras

Hence Por lo tanto To be sure Para estar seguro

Therefore Por lo tanto Clearly Claramente

Accordingly En consecuencia Anyway De todos modos

Consequently En consecuencia On the whole En conjunto

Thus Así, en consecuencia In sum En suma

Thereupon Luego, por tanto After all Despues de todo

As a result Como resultado In general En general

In consequence En consecuencia It seems Parece

So Así In brief En resumen

Then Entonces In conclusion En conclusion

EXAMPLE All in all Considerándolo todo

For example Por ejemplo To conclude Para concluir

For instance Por ejemplo PLACE

That is Es es There Allí

Such as Tal como Here Aquí

As revealed by Como lo revela Beyond Más allá

Illustrated by Ilustrado por Nearby Cercano

Specifically Específicamente Next to Próximo a

For one thing En particular At that point En este punto

This can be seen Por una cosa Opposite to Opuesto a

In Esto puede ser visto Adjacent to Adyacente a

As instance of Como ejemplo de On the other side Por otro lado

This Esto In the front En frente

In the back En la parte de atrás