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C2 speaking expressions

To express agreement:
- I see eye to eye with you
- We are on the same wavelength
- You took the words right out of my mouth
- You’ve hit the nail on the head
- I couldn’t agree more
- I wholeheartedly agree

To express disagreement:
- I agree with you up to a point
- I beg to differ
- I have a different take on this
- I have another perspective on that matter
- I see things on a different light

To ask for opinion:


- What’s your take on this?
- Don’t you think so?
- Do you see eye to eye with me?
- What do you reckon?
- What are your thoughts on that?
- A penny for your thoughts

Useful idioms for speaking:


- To be like chalk and cheese: to be different
- With an eye to: due to
- Bite the bullet: face a difficult situation with courage
- To bear a great resemblance to: to be similar with sth
- At a loss of words: quedarte sin palabras
- Speak highly of: hablar bien de algo
- Get sth off your chest: desahogarse
- Smart: clever, astute

Synonyms
- Dangerous: perilous, harmful, detrimental, damaging, pernicious, hazardous
- But: however, nevertheless, nonetheless, yet, in contrast, alternatively,
whereas, in spite of…
- Because: since, as, due to, owing to, on account of, given that, seeing that, as
a result of…
- Appealing: alluring, enchanting, engaging…

Vocabulary:
- Strenuous: that requires a lot of pains
- Egregious: really bad
- Aghas: shocked

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