Linking words

INTRODUÇÃO | INTRODUCTION | EXAMPLE | Em primeiro lugar,... / Antes de tudo,... / Para começar, / Para início de conversa, | First of all, ... / In the first place, ... / To begin with, ... | First of all I would like to bring to your attention the latest news. / I think first of all we have to decide where to go on the holydays. / I just want to make a very brief comment first of all. / Your attitude in the first place is selfish and arrogant. | REFERÊNCIA | REFERENCE | EXAMPLE | Com relação a ... / No que diz respeito a ... / No que tange a ... | Regarding / With regard to / Concerning / Considering | Regarding the government’s decision to increase taxes, we have some comments to make. / We need to clarify the situation with regard to these conferences. / Considering that he was the youngest on the field, he played well. | INTRODUÇÃO OPORTUNA DE NOVO ASSUNTO | CHANGE OF SUBJECT | EXAMPLE | A propósito, … / Por falar nisso, … | By the way, … / Speaking of that, … / Incidentally … | We are expecting freezing temperatures for the next few days. By the way, did you bring warm clothing?
To be able to shoot a film in space would be really exciting. Speaking of that, I’m going to space in 2008.
The airlines charge half-price for students. Incidentally, I have already bought my ticket to New York. (form.) | COMENTÁRIO DE REFORÇO | REINFORCEMENT COMMENT | EXAMPLE | Por sinal, ... / Aliás, ... / Inclusive ... | As a matter of fact ... / In fact ... | It's not true that he cannot swim. As a matter of fact, he used to work as a lifeguard in Hawaii.
Prices offered by scuba diving instructors in Taiwan are very competitive – slightly cheaper, in fact, than other places in Asia. | Pelo contrário, … / Na verdade, … | On the contrary … / Actually … | It is not bad: on the contrary, it is very good. / I've been visiting your site for years now. I actually came across it when I was searching for information about another English school. | CONFORMIDADE |