본문 Opening 표현들 (3/4)
(에피소드 28 이후 들어가야 할 네 개의 에피소드를 늦게 올립니다)
아래는 문장을 시작할 때 사용이 가능한 opening 표현입니다. Opening 표현이 아닌 다른 중요한 표현들도 일부 포함되어 있습니다. 회화에도 사용이 가능하고 이메일에도 사용이 가능합니다. 주로 본문에 잘 쓰이지요.
참조: 각 예제 앞에 있는 "l " 는 "I" 가 아닌, 그냥 부호입니다. "I pardon me" 로 오해하지 마시기 바랍니다.
When You Want to Go Back to the Previously Discussed Point
l Anyway
l To return to
l To get back to
l Going back to
l What were we talking about?
l In any case
l Returning to
l Let’s get back to
l Where was I?
Showing Hesitations (or healthy fillers)
l well
l now
l look
l listen
Sequencing
l first
l to begin with
l first of all
l secondly
l then
l so
l next
l after that
l so then
l before you finish
l at the end
l as the last thing
l finally
When You Want to Take Time in Responding (healthy fillers)
l Well,
l Let’s put it this way
l Well, let’s see
Telling Someone Truth
l Actually
l To tell the truth
l To be blunt
l To be honest
Expressing Frequencies
l Generally
l As a rule
l Ordinarily
l Usually
l Again and again
l Once in a while
l From time to time
l In general
l Mostly
l As a general rule
l Time and again
l Every so often
l Every now and then
l On the average
l By and large
l Normally
l Typically
Changing Topics
l Speaking of
l By the way
l I just thought of something
l That reminds me
l Before I forget
When Giving Personal Point of View to Others
l In my case
l Personally, I am more interested in
l What I am concerned with is
l For my own part
“About”…?
l Regarding
l As far as (something) is concerned
l Where (something) is concerned
l When it comes to (something)
l In that respect
l As far as that goes
l In that instance
l Concerning
Telling Opinions on Specific Situations
l In a case like this
l In this type of situation
l In this case
l In such a situation
l In this instance
Adding More (Extra) Points
l Also
l In addition
l In other respect
l Perhaps I should mention
l Not to mention the fact that
l Not only that, but
l And another thing
l What’s more
l I might add
l Plus the fact that
Offering Additional Explanations & Drawing Conclusions
l For this reason
l Owning to this
l This / that is why
l Therefore
l As a result
l Thus
l On account of this
l Because of this
l That / this is the reason why
l So
l Consequently
- Cont'd