But, objectif (In order) to (+BV) The journalist wrote this article (in order) to draw the reader’s attention to... (In order) not to He intends to.... This document tackles the issue of/about.... It aims at .... The main question that arises from the text is.... It brings out the problem of.... This excerpt points to the problem of... The text leads us to wonder whether ...or... Chronologie First(ly), First of all, second(ly), then, next.... Three weeks before his birthday... before long, he was speaking English... It was long before his birthday Now we know him,... He works in England now. Three weeks after his birthday After reading his book, he went to sleep After he had read his book, he went to sleep At the same time (as) Tom was listening to music (mean)while I was reading He was listening to music while driving Tom, in the meantime, was driving A lot had changed meanwhile. Last(ly), Last of all, Last but not least, In a word, In the end, eventually, finally, In conclusion, To conclude, Addition ......and..... Also, ..... ........... too, ............ besides, Besides being an actor, he also writes novels Further more, .... Moreover,... In addition, In addition to (the problems mentioned), Opposition, concession ........but.......... Except for Tom, everybody can speak Chinese Contrary to expectations, Contrary to what has been said , In spite of the fact that... Despite the fact that... Though/Although he is a good singer, I think he is a bad writer However, .... Yet,.... He speaks English whereas I speak French | Cause That's the reason why.... Because of .... Thanks to... Indeed,.... Due to the fact that.... On account of .... Conséquence Thus, Therefore, As a result, Hence, So, As a consequence, Consequently, Hypothèse If....., Suppose (that).... You can go to the USA provided you’ve got a visa You can’t go to the USA unless you’ve got a visa Vérification, confirmation After checking if/whether the information is correct Checking the accuracy of the statement Certainly, Indeed, Argumentation, Opinion On the one hand...., on the other hand.. To a certain extent,... If we follow the journalist’s argument... I (thoroughly) agree with .... I share his point of view In the same way,.... Weighing the pros and the cons, It depends on... I’m not (totally) convinced by the journalist’s arguments I (partially) agree with him I highly doubt about ... According to the author,.. In my opinon,.... To my mind, From my point of view, On second thoughts,.... I believe... I (personnaly) think (that) I would tend to think... |