Describe a picture:

1. General idea
2. Expand details
3. Especulate

To start:

Synonyms of picture: photo, photograph, painting, drawing, cartoon, art, figure, icon, image,
impression, representation.

- This picture depicts

- In this photo
- In this photograph
- This is a night photo
- This is a photo / image / picture
- This picture shows
- This image shows a scene
- This picture shows a view of
- This is a black and white photo, it shows
- As we can see from the picture, there is a
- What I can see from the picture is a
- The picture is taken in a
- We can see a
- What can be seen from the picture is
- This picture gives information about
- This may be a picture of
- From this picture, we can observe…
- Through this picture…
- We can easily find from the picture

To expand:

- A number / a group / a team of people / passengers

- Little kids / children / toddles
- Elderly / middle-age woman / male / female / lady
- Two wild animals
- A rocket / airplane / car / bus / old-fashioned train
- Running in the trial
- A brown dog /cow
- Forest / desert /lake
- An open green / grassy field
- Playground
- Operated place
- Art gallery / museum … sculpture
- Warehouse
- Construction site

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 - Stage
- Large stadium
- Wooden table
- His hair is dyed purple / red / blue
- Blond hair
- Berot hat
- Blue – black strip T-shirt
- Clothing: grey suit / coat / jacket / colorful dress, boots, blue pants.
- Unhappy / irritated / upset
- Very serious / frustrated / discontented
- Hungry / keen / eager
- Thrilled / cheerful / yelling
- Quite happy / surprised / enjoying / smiling
- Delightful / enchanting / lovely
- Busy / relaxed / hurry / casually
- In the background
- In the foreground
- In front of
- Directly opposite
- Exactly in the middle of
- Roughly in the middle of
- In close proximity to
- Just above
- Parallel to
- On the top of / above
- At the top
- In the center / in the middle
- At the bottom
- In the corner
- Under / beneath / underneath / below
- To the left / to the right

To conclude:

- They must have a

- They might have
- They could be
- It might be
- I seems like
- It looks like
- I guess that
- I think
- Apart from that, there is…
- Probably / Maybe it is
- We can assume that

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 - I am not sure but if I had to guess I would say
- I suppose it might be
- It must be , because it is very .
- Apparently
- At the background

Speaking question:
Introductory phrases:

- Today, I´d like to talk about…

- In this talk, I´m going to describe / explain…
- I would like to talk about…
- I´m going to tell you about…

Moving through questions:

- In regard to the first question…

- Turning to the second question…
- As for the final question…
- Returning to the first question…

Giving an opinion:

- I´m inclined to believe that…

- From my point of view / perspective…
- My impression is that…
- As for as I´m concerned…
- The way I see it…

Developing your ideas (examples):

- For instance
- A great example of this is…
- Let me share an example…
- An instance from my life that springs to mind is…

Concluding:

- To wrap this talk up…

- To summarize my opinion quickly…
- So that´s why…
- To make a long story short…

Short Essay:
I- Implication and Introduction
- There are several reasons why is considered to be advantageous.
- Many believe that while others argue . I agree with the former
- Even though / although some people . I am more inclined to

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- Nowadays / The last decade / We live in an age when
- The controversial issue in respect of has attracted the public attention and
sparked a headed debate in today´s society.
- In my opinion
- From my point of view
- In my view
- From my perspective
- I am inclined to believe that
- My impression is that
- I tend to be disagree
- Over the years
- Speaking of
- For the purposes of this discussion
- As far as I´m concerned
- In the age of
- Regarding
- In my humble position
- When it comes to , I wholly uphold the statement that
- Admittedly
- To commence with

II- Reason, argument and experience

- First and foremost
- To start / To begin with
- Firstly / Secondly / Lastly
- First of all
- I strongly
- I agree
- One of the most interesting
- For two main reasons
- The first reason
- One reason
- On the one hand /On the other hand
- Moreover / Besides / Furthermore
- Initially
- Additionally
- However
- In fact
- In addition
- Adding to my previous point
- Not only , but also.
- For instance
- To give a clear example

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- For example
- Such as
- As a result
- To illustrate
- If
- Provided that
- Unless
- To be honest
- On the flip side
- Let me share an example

III- Results and conclusions

- To sum up
- In sum
- To put in a nutshell
- In a nutshell
- Overall
- So all in all
- All in all
- All in all, I utterly agree that
- Thereby
- Based on the reason discussed, I consider that
- Finally
- In conclusion
- To conclude
- To conclude this essay
- To conclude this
- To encapsulate
- To recapitulate
- In summary, I firmly reckon
- To conclude, I wholly reckon

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LINKING WORDS
Results Generalisation

1. Accordingly 1. Mainly
2. As a consequence of 2. More often than not
3. As a resulta 3. Mostly
4. Consequently 4. Normally
5. Due to 5. Often
6. For this reason 6. On the whole
7. Forthwith 7. Overall
8. Hence 8. Predominately
9. Then 9. Regularly
10. Therefore 10. Tipically
11. Thereupon 11. As a rule
12. Thus 12. Broadly speaking
13. That being said 13. Commonly
14. For the most part
Addition
15. Generally speaking
1. Additionally / An additional 16. In general / Generally
2. Along with 17. In most cases
3. Also
Order
4. And
5. Apart form this 1. First / firstly
6. As well as 2. Second / secondly
7. As well as that 3. Third / thirdly
8. Besides 4. Final / finally
9. Couple with 5. At this time
10. Finally 6. Following
11. First 7. Previously
12. Further 8. Before
13. Furthermore 9. Subsequently
14. In addition 10. Seeing that
15. In addition to this 11. So that
16. In the same fashion 12. With this in mind
17. Last 13. With this intention
18. Moreover 14. With this purpose
19. Not olnly… but also 15. Lastly and most importantly
20. Not to mention 16. Last but not least
21. Second 17. First and foremost
22. Similarily
23. Third
24. Together with
25. Too

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Location 12. With regards to
13. With respect to
1. Across
2. In the middle Contrast
3. Adjacent
1. Alternatively
4. Around
2. As opposed to
5. At the rear
3. Contrarily
6. Below
4. Contrary to
7. Beneath
5. Conversely
8. Near
6. Despite / In spite of
9. Nearby
7. Differing from
10. Next to
8. Even so
11. On bottom
9. However
12. On top
10. In contrast (to)
13. Opposite
11. In opposition
14. Over
12. Instead
15. Surrounding
13. Nevertheless
16. To the left
14. Nonetheless
17. Underneath
15. Nor
18. To the right
16. Notwithstanding
19. In the bottom left-hand corner
17. On the one hand
20. In the bottom right-hand corner
18. On the other hand
21. In the top left-hand corner
19. Rather
22. In the top-right corner
20. Though
23. Above
21. Unlike
24. In the background
22. Up against
25. In the foreground
23. Whereas
26. In front of
24. While
27. Behind
25. On the contrary
28. Parallel to
26. Yet
29. Vertically
30. Horizontally

Reference

1. As applied to
2. As far as
3. Concerning
4. Considering
5. In connection to
6. In terms
7. Pertaining to
8. Regarding
9. Some examples of these might be:
10. Speaking about / of
11. The fact that

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Summary 13. Naturally
14. Never
1. All things considered
15. Obviously
2. Altogether
16. Of course
3. As demonstrated above
17. Particularly / in particular
4. As noted
18. Positively
5. As shown above
19. Surprisingly
6. As you can see
20. To clarify
7. Briefly
21. To emphasize
8. By and large
9. Generally speaking Reason
10. Given these points
1. Because of
11. In a word
2. For the purpose of
12. In any event
3. Given that
13. In brief
4. In fact
14. In conclusion
5. In order to
15. In essence
6. In view of
16. In short
7. Owing to
17. In summary
8. Provided that
18. In the end
9. Seeing that
19. In the final analysis
10. So that
20. On the whole
11. With this in mind
21. Overall
12. With this in intention
22. Therefore
13. With this purpose
23. To conclude
24. To end
25. To sum up
26. To summarise
27. Ultimately
28. To encapsulate
29. To recapitulate

Emphasis

1. Above all
2. Absolutely
3. Chiefly
4. Clearly
5. Definitely
6. Especially
7. Even
8. Importantly
9. In detail
10. In truth
11. Indeed
12. It should be noted

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Comparison Clarification

1. Alike 1. I mean
2. As with 2. In explanation
3. Both 3. In lay terms
4. By the same token 4. In other words
5. Compare / compare(d) to (with) 5. In simple terms
6. Correspondingly 6. Simply put
7. Either 7. Simply stated
8. Equal 8. That is to say
9. Equally 9. To break it down
10. In a similar manner 10. To clearly define
11. In common 11. To explain
12. In like manner 12. To make plain
13. In the same way 13. To put it clearly
14. In the spitting image of 14. To put in another way
15. Just as 15. To simplify
16. Just as… so too
Restatement
17. Just like
18. Most importat 1. Alternatively
19. Resembles 2. Alternatively stated
20. Same as 3. Expressed simply
21. Similar to 4. In a nutshell
22. Similarly 5. In other words
23. Still another 6. In short
7. In simple language
Condition
8. In simple terms
1. Inly if since 9. In summation
2. Then 10. Namely
3. Unless 11. Otherwise stated
4. When 12. Put differently
5. Whenever 13. Put in another way
6. While 14. Reiterated
7. Although this may be true 15. Said differently
8. As 16. Simplified
9. Because of 17. Simply put
10. Even if 18. That is to say
11. Given that 19. To put it differently
12. Granted that
13. If
14. In that case
15. In the event that
16. Lest
17. On the condition that

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Concession Illustration

1. Admittedly 1. As an example of
2. Albeit 2. For example / For instance
3. All the same 3. For one thing
4. Although 4. Illustrated by
5. Although / even though 5. In another case
6. And still 6. In the case of
7. And yet 7. In this case
8. Be that as it may 8. In this situation
9. Even if 9. Including
10. Even so 10. Like
11. However 11. Namely
12. In spite of 12. On this occasion
13. Nevertheless 13. Proof of this
14. Nonetheless 14. Specifically
15. Regardless of this 15. Such as
16. Up to a point 16. To clarify
17. To demonstrate
18. To simplify
19. A great example of this is

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USEFUL COLLOCATION

Collocations, Idioms and others Definition

Beside the point Not relevant, not important
When pigs fly (slang) never
Stressed out Very anxious
Stab someone in the back To betray someone
Set eyes on To see for the first time
Look on the bright side Optimistic
Live from hand to mouth To barely have enough money to survive
If worse comes to worst In the worst case if absolutely necessary
Hang in there To persevere
Get canned To lose one´s job
Easier said than done More difficult than you think
Top dollar The highest end of a price range; a lot of
money
Save the day To prevent a disaster or misfortune
As sharp as a tack Very intelligent
Real flop A failure
No point in No reason to; its not worth doing something
Put up with To endure without complaint
Lost one´s temper
Give someone the ax To fire someone
Lose one´s temper To become very angry
Go belly-up Go bankrupt
Go back to the drawing board To start a task over
Give one the creeps To create a feeling of disgust or horror
Let´s fact it Accept a difficult reality
Dead-end job A job that won´t lead to anything else
After all Despite everything, when everything has been
considered; the fact is
Sttoping by
Stop by To pay a visit briefly
Sttoped by To make a short visit somewhere
Accusing of
Accused of To say that someone is responsible for a crime
or for having done something wrong
Nevertheless In spite of what prhoeceded; yet.
However Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of (that)
Couldn´t make it Used to express great surprise, and often
disapproval, about something that has
happened.
Until further notice Until a time when you receive latest
information in the future.
In my everyday life Every single day
Got shattered Be destroyed, especially somebody´s feelings,
hopes or beliefs; to be destroyed in this way.

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Respectively In the same order as the people or things
already mentioned.
Consecutively Following one after another in a continuous
series.
In a row If something happens several times in a row, it
happens in exactly the same way each time,
and nothing different happens in the time
between.
I´m a little fond of Used to say that you find something pleasant
I´m not too fond of Used to say that you find something
unpleasant
I´m not much of Used to say that you don´t like a particular
person or don´t have specific characteristics
I´m more of Used to say that you like a particular person or
have particular characteristics.
Resulting from
Resulted from
Results from Used to emphasize that it is the result of
something
Simultaneously At the same time
Be substituted by When somebody is replaced by someone else
Have a better and deeper understanding of Used to emphasize that you understand
something completely
Acquainted with Familiar with
In a short term
In the short term Over for a short period of time
In a long term
In the long term Over or for a long period of time
Know for certain Used to say that you are sure about something
Consequently As a result or consequence of something.
As a consequence
While Used to emphasize the consequence of
something
Thus (manner) in this way or manner.
Hence Therefore; as a result
At night During the night time
Otherwise Used to state what the result would be if
something did not happen or if the situation
were different
Besides In addition to; apart from
Additionally By way of addition; in addition to; also
Moreover In addition to what has been said;
furthermore; additionally.
Furthermore In addition; used to introduce your next point,
idea, or example.
Initially At the beginning
What the doctor ordered Exactly what somebody wants or needs

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No relations to Have no connection with something
Without geographical borders Used to say that you can connect with
anybody on earth
Stay away from
Keep away from To avoid going near somebody / something
Consist of To be formed from the people or things
mentioned
Firmly acknowledge Completely understand
Extremely stressful Very stressed and harmful to your health
Money laundering The process of changing large amount of
money obtained from crimes, such as drug
trafficking, into origination from a legitimate
source.
Under this circumstance When you face a particular situation
Concerning About
Grew up
Growing up
Grow up 1. To develop into an adult 2.used to tell
somebody to stop behaving in a silly way 3. To
develop gradually.
In the beginning At first
Highly detrimental Very awful

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 BASIC STRUCTURES DUOLINGO ENGLISH TEST
Describing Images

1. As we can see from this picture…

2. This photo depicts…
3. From this photograph, we can observe…
4. This image shows…

Speaking aloud

1. Today, I would like about…

2. In regard to the first question…
3. Turning to the next question…
4. To wrap this talk up…

Short Essay

1. From my perspective…
2. From my point of view… / For two main reasons.
3. Nowadays…
4. For the purposes of this discussion…

- First and foremost - In fact

- Firstly - Secondly
- On the one hand - On the other hand
- Initially - In addition

*Moreover, Besides, Nevertheless, however*

*For instance, a great (clear) example is, to illustrate*

1. To conclude, I utterly believe…

2. In summary, I wholly reckon…
3. In conclusion, I firmly reckon…
4. To put in a nutshell…

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