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Linking Words

Addition:
Inglés Español Ejemplo
And Y I have one brother and one sister
Too También I like oranges, and strawberries, too.
Besides Además Did you talk to anyone else besides Jim?
In addition In addition to Jane, Jake has another daughter by his
to En adición first wife.
Members receive twelve newsletters a year. Additionally,
Additionally Adicionalmente they have the use of a helpline.
As well as Tanto como I need to go to the supermarket as well as the bank.
He wasn’t wearing a shirt, moreover, he didn’t have his
Moreover Además shoes on.
Mrs.Smith has earned the respect of his
Furthermore Además clients. Furthermore, they know they can trust him.

Contrast:
Inglés Español Ejemplo
 But Pero She’s 75 but she still goes hicking every weekend.
It’s a good idea. However, I don’t think we can afford
However Sin embargo it.
Although he’s going through a difficult situation, he
Although A pesar de que never complains.
Despite (the fact
that) A pesar de She still loves him, despite the fact that she left him.
In spite of A pesar de In spite of feeling tired, we decided to go out.
And yet, these opportunities are not always easy to
(and) yet Y sin embargo find.
On the one hand…
but on the other
hand… Por una
parte….pero por On the one hand, I’m tired; but on the other hand, I
  otra parte… want to go out.
Whereas Mientras que… He loves fish, whereas she hates it.
Aunque…
I decided to ride my bicycle even though it was
Even though A pesar de que… raining.
The south of the island is damp and filled with
wonderful luxurious vegetation while the north is arid
While mientras and dry.
Aún así, sin
Even so embargo  I did not study, but, even so, I passed the test.
No obstante, sin Alexander II was
Nevertheless embargo an obscure but nevertheless interesting Scottish king.
 
Comparison:
Inglés Español EJemplo
The two cats were very alike in
De manera similar, temperament and
Similarly similarmente behaved  similarly
Likewise Asimismo  
Sarah has got a pair of
Just like Igual que shoes just like  yours.

En comparación a Life is better today compared


to the past.
Compare(d) to / with Comparado con  

Similar a Janet’s situation is
very similar to ours.
Similar to Semejante a  
John is good at not
Not only…but also No solo… sino también only maths,  but also  sports.
 
Sequence
Inglés Español EJemplo
En primer lugar
Firstly, we will begin the
First / firstly primeramente lecture with an interview…

Firstly, thank you all for


coming.  Secondly, let me
Secondly En segundo lugar introduce the topic.  
Firstly, I don’t like seafood.
Secondly, I’m not hungry
Thirdly En tercer lugar and thirdly, I have no money.
Después

Next A continuación What happened next?

Por último Finally,


I’d like  to  say  thank  you for
Finally Finalmente coming.
In  conclusion, I
Para concluir would  like to thank everyone
who helped  to  make  it
In conclusion En resumen possible.
To summarise, I’d like to thank
all our employees for their hard
To summarise En resumen work.
 

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