t Examples: Fer touolo gue focusing/ linking: talking of, regarding, os far as... is concerned, as for me contrast: while, stil, mind you, in spite of this similarity: in the same way concession: itis true, of course, certainly, if, may, stressed do counter-argument: even so, but, all the same, still dismissal of previous discourse: anyway, at any rate, at least, in any way change of subject: by the way, incidentally, right, allright, now, OK return to previous discourse: as / was saying structuring: first of all, firstly, ., finally, to begin with, to start with, in the first/second place, for one thing, for another thing adding: on top of that, as well as, besides, in any case jeneralising: on the whole, in general, in all/most/many/some cases, generally/broadly speaking, by and large, to a great extent, to some extent, apart from, except for giving examples: for example, for instance, in particular * logical sequence: so, then making things clear/giving details: ! mean, actually, this is to say, in other words ‘softening and correcting: | think, | feel, | reckon, | guess, in my view/opinion, apparently, so to speak, more or less, sort of, kind of, well, really, that isto say, at least, 'm afraid, | suppose, or rather, actually, | mean gaining time: wel, let me see; well, you know, | don’t know, | mean, sort of showing attitude: honestly, frankly, no doubt, to tell the truth, as a matter of fact, in fact persuading: after all, ook here, no doubt That's it.