Study the following phrases. Read and translate them
1. Both… and…/ … and… both
2. …, and so is/ does…
3. …, and… is/ does too.
4. One thing that… and… have in common is…
5. The most obvious/ important/ apparent similarity/ difference (for me)
6. … and… are (quite/ very/ really/ really quite) similar/ different, for example…
7. … and… have a lot in common, for example…
8. There are more similarities than differences between… and… For instance,…
9. …. In a similar way,…
10. Neither… nor…
| 1. …, whereas…/…, but…
2. …. In contrast,…
3. Unlike…,….
4. A/ One difference/ similarity (which stands out) is…
5. One of the (few) similarities/ differences between… and… is…
6. A striking similarity/ difference is…
7. … and… don’t have much in common, but…
8. The only difference/ similarity between… that I can see is…
9. In comparison to…,…/ Compared to…,…
10. A/ One contrast between… and… is that…
11. … is (slightly/ a bit/ somewhat/ quite a lot/ a great deal/ substantially/ a lot/ much/ far/ much much/ far far) … er/ more… than…
| 1.…seems/… looks/
2.…is obviously/.…clearly…
3. I guess/ I imagine…
4.…might/ may/ maybe/ perhaps…
8. I’m not sure exactly (what this is) but…
9.…appears/… looks like …
11.I reckon…
12.I suppose…
13.I’m fairly sure…
14.I get the impression that…
16.My initial impression is…
17.…must/….could (possibly)…
19.I’m pretty confident that…
20.I expect…
21.I think I’m justified in saying that…
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