Speaking Vocab - essential

(No) estoy de acuerdo

I (don’t) agree with

Lo que me impresiona más es

What impresses me the most is

Tal y como lo veo

As I see it

Comparto la misma opinion que

I share the same opinion (as you) that

En cuanto a

With respect to

Bueno, yo sostendría que si

Well, I would argue that it is

Sí, es cierto, aunque

Yes, that’s true, although

La otra cara del argumento sería

The other side of the argument would be

No estoy convencido de que sea así

I’m not convinced that is the case

Pensándolo bien, no creo que (+subj)

upon further consideration, I do not think that

Que yo sepa

As far as I know

Ayer lei un artcula sobre…que dijo que

Yesterday I read an article on… that said that

tenemos que preguntarnos

we have to ask ourselves

como ya se sabe

as we already know

sea como sea

be that as it may

la verdad lisa y llana es que

the plain truth of the matter is that

en ninguna circunstancia

in no circumstances

puesto que, ya que

since, because

actualmente se calcula que

at the moment it is estimated that

si no fuera porque (+ imperfect subjunctive)

if it weren’t for the fact that

En primer, había pensado que … pero con más consideración me da cuenta de

at first, I had thought that … but with more consideration I realise that

Quisiera sugerir que

I would like to suggest

cualquiera que sea

whatever it may be

A mí me parece que

it seems to me that

hay que decir que

It must be said that

Si fuera yo quien estuviera

if it were me who were …