FICHES EXPRESSIONS UTILES A LA DISCUSSION

I TO INTRODUCE ONE’S OPINION

I think ; I Feel ; In my opinion ; In my view ; I reckon (I think, I suppose)

According to me (non : in my opinion) – According to him, them (selon lui, eux..)

II- TO SHOW THE DIVISION OF AN ARGUMENT

First of all
To begin with
In the first place
For one thing (D’abord, d’une part)
For another thing (d’autre part)
Another thing (d’autre part)
Another thing is ; secondly, thirdly….

III – TO MAKE A LINK BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF AN ARGUMENT

Therefore – in addition – Moreover – However – Nevertheless (néanmoins) – On the other hand – Yet (Pourtant, Par contre) – All the same (Quand même) – That is to say (c’est-à-dire)

–Anyway / At any rate / in any case (de toute façon) – After all – At least (du moins) –

Actually / in fact / as a matter of fact (en fait) – Besides (en outré) – Compared to – As well as

As regards…- As far as…is concerned – as for…

IV – TO INTRODUCE OR MODIFY A GENERALIZATION

Generally speaking – In general – As a rule –On the whole (dans l’ensemble) – In most cases (dans la plupart des cas) – In many cases – In theory – In practice - In many ways – To what extent –To a great / large extent – Basically - Up to a point – In a way – So to speak – As it were – More or less – Somehow – By no means – Not at all – As the case may be (selon le cas)

V – USEFUL ADVERBS

Totally – Entirely – Essentially – Completely – Definitely (certainly) – Mostly – Mainly – Chiefly – Partly – especially – Particularly – Comparatively – relatively – Extremely – Incredibly – Enormously – Tremendously (énormément) – remarkably.
VI – WORDS TO USE WITH EXAMPLES AND EXCEPTIONS

For instance – For example – Such as – Including – In particular – Apart from – Except – With the exception of…- Etcetera and so on – And so forth (etc..)

VII – TO EXPRESS YOUR ATTITUDE TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING

Frankly – Honestly – Obviously (évidemment) – I suppose – Probably –