Higher tier phrases

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Lo primero que llama la atención / Lo primero que salta a la vista… (son las ilustraciones coloridas y humorísticas de Quan)

The first thing that jumps it at me… (are Quan’s the colourful and comical illustrations)

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Lo que destaca es…

What stands out is

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En esta página, se puede apreciar…

On this page one can appreciate…

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Llama la atención que… (subj)

It’s striking that…

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Cabe destacar que

It’s worth noting that…

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Esto refleja/refuerzala idea de que…

This reflects/reinforces the idea that…

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Podría interpretarse como…

This could be interpreted as…

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No es casualidad que… (subj)

It is no coincidence that…

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Esto nos hace conscientes de…

This makes us aware of…

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Linking ideas:

  1. Asimismo

  2. Sin embargo

  3. En contraste con

  4. A su vez

Linking ideas:

  1. Likewise/in the same way

  2. However

  3. In contrast to

  4. At the same time/in turn

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Transitioning phrases:

  1. Dicho eso

  2. De hecho

  3. En más

  4. Al fin y al cabo

  1. That said

  2. In fact / actually

  3. What’s more/ furthermore

  4. When all is said and done

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A mi parecer…

In my view…

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Desde mi punto de vista…

From my perspective…

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Me parece significativo que… (subj)

I find it significant that…

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Describing illustrations:

  1. La viñeta muestra

  2. El uso del color/trazo sugiere

  3. La expresión de los personajes transmite…

  4. El trazo infantil

  1. The panel shows

  2. The use of colour/line suggests

  3. The characters’ expressions convey…

  4. Childlike lines

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Subjunctive phrases:

  1. Es significativo que + subj

  2. No es casualidad que + subj

  3. Es llamativo que +

Subjunctive:

  1. It’s significant that

  2. It’s no coincidence that

  3. It’s striking that

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Conditional phrases:

  1. Podría interpretarse como…

  2. Cabría preguntarse si…

  3. Esto podría sugerir que…

  1. This could be interpreted as…

  2. One might wonder whether…

  3. This could suggest that…

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A pesar de que + imperfect/present

Despite the fact that…

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Si bien… no cabe duda de que…

While… there is no doubt that…

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Lo que en un principio parecía… resulta ser…

What first seemed… turns out to be…

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Lo cual refuerza la idea de que

Which reinforced the idea that…

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Lo que nos lleva a pensar que…

Which leads us to think that…

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Thinking it thru phrases:

  1. A ver

  2. Pues

  3. Es decir

  4. O sea

  1. Let’s see / well

  2. Well / so

  3. That is to say / in other words

  4. I mean / in other words

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Softening or hedging:

  1. En cierto modo

  2. Hasta cierto punto

  3. Por así decirlo

  1. In a way / to some extent

  2. Up to a point / to a certain extent

  3. So to speak (If you can call it that)