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IN MY OPINION

- As far as I’m concerned, …


- From my vantage point, …
- Personally, I think/believe/assume/guess …
- I would say that …
- To my mind, …
- If you ask me ….
- My take on this is …
AGREE
- My thoughts exactly.
- I can’t agree more.
- Of course/ Totally/ Without a doubt…
- I do see eye to eye with you/them on this
- Anyone with any sense would agree that…
- That’s totally what I think too.
- That’s also my take on this. (= my view)
- I couldn’t put it better myself.
DISAGREE
- I’m afraid I don’t see it that way.
- That could be true to a certain extent, but I gotta say that I don’t see it
that way/ I see quite/slightly different.
- Well, that’s one way to look at it, but I think I hold a different viewpoint.
- I’m not quite sure about that idea.
- That’s not always the case.
- Well, I see where this is coming from, but that’s not the whole picture.
Let me just say this.
- Possibly/maybe that’s true, but there are other perspectives that should be
taken into account.
- On the contrary, I hold a diametrically/ completely different viewpoint/
view.
- Those who think that …. have it all wrong.
OBVIOUSLY
- In fact
- As a matter of fact
- Clearly
- Of course
- As you probably know
- It may be stating the obvious but I still need to say this
- I’s a no-brainer that ….
- It goes without saying that …
- Needless to say,
- Without a/ a shred/ shadow of a doubt,
GIVING EXAMPLES
- For example/instance
- One example is …
- A good example is …
- Probably the best example that I can think of is …
- A case in point is …
REPEATING A POINT
- As I was saying,
- As I say,
- As I said,
- As I said earlier,
- As I told you earlier/before,
- As I said before,
- Probably I told you this before, I mean …
CONTRAST
- Alternatively
- In contrast
- Having said that = But
- However
- On the other hand, though,
- But then again
- Even so (even if that’s ture, it is also true that …)
- Be it as it may …
Eg. It may take a bit of effort to work out how to use Anki, but even so, it’s by
far the best….
SEQUECING/GIVING A LIST
- For one thing/ For another / Another reason why …
- First of all/ Second of all
- As far as ….. are concerned,
- With regard to ….,
- And as for ….,
- When it comes to ….,
- Let’s not forget
- Another thing (more natural than secondly)
- Another factor to take into consideration
- What’s more (<= furthermore/moreover/in addition)
- As well
- As well as that/ On top of that
- Above all
PARAPHASING
- I mean…
- In other words…
- I suppose what I’m saying is…
- What I mean is…
- What I’m trying to say is…
- What I meant to say was…
- What meant was…
- or simply put/ or to put it simply…
- or well, let me put it this way…
CONCLUDING
- So you see
- So, to sum up
- So, anyway
- Anyway, as I said
- Anyway, that;s why
- Above all
- All things considered,
- All in all,
- At the end of the day,
OTHERS
- It really depends
- You might find strange if I say that…
- As embarrassing as this may sound, I need to admit that…
- According to (an article I read online)
- Anyway
- If I’m not mistaken,
- Correct me if I’m wrong,
o This is my educated guess…
- Generally speaking,…
- For the most part, …
- In contrast,…
- To be quite/ completely/ brutally honest
o Frankly speaking,
o To tell the truth,
- And so on / And so forth / So on and so forth
o Etcetera
o To name but a few
o You name it
DIFFICULT
- It’s a bit hard to say
- It’s difficult to say
ASKING FOR CLARIFICATIONS
- Sorry?
- Pardon?
- Can you repeat that?
- I’m not sure I understand correctly, can you repeat that?
- I’m sorry, what do you mean by “…”?
WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW
- To be honest, I haven’t got a clue/ I ain’t got no clue.
- To tell you the truth, I haven’t got the slightest idea about…
- I’m no expert but I suppose…
- If I’m to level with you, I gotta admit that I can’t make heads or tails of it.
- Well, I gotta admit I can’t get my head around it.
- Off the top of my head, I can’t really work out why that is/ the difference
between these things. I can’t really tell whether there’s a difference
between these people. This problem is way beyond the purview of my
knowledge. I wish I’d done more reading on the topic.

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