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Persönliche
Meinung:
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In
my opinion/To my mind you can speak of/say that/accept that ... |
Meiner Meinung
nach |
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It
seems to me that this is not the solution to ... |
Es scheint mir |
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As
far as I can see .../The way I see it .../In my view ... |
Meiner Meinung
nach |
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I’m
(absolutely) convinced that ... |
überzeugt |
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It
is completely/totally/absolutely/utterly wrong to believe that ... |
völlig / ganz und
gar |
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He
is thoroughly/entirely wrong when he claims ... |
völlig |
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The
author is terribly/greatly mistaken in his conception of ... |
sich gewaltig
irren |
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I
maintain that ... |
Ich bleibe dabei,
dass |
Eigene
Einstellung:
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Surely/Obviously/Doubtlessly
it is wrong to say that ... |
Sicherlich/offensichtlich/zweifel–los |
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Funnily
enough/Strangely the writer defends his idea although ... |
Seltsamerweise |
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Fortunately/Luckily
this is not the only argument against ... |
Glücklicherweise |
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Unfortunately/Regrettably
he fails to acknowledge that ... |
Leider |
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Honestly/Frankly/Generally
speaking his proposals are stupid. |
Ehrlich/offen/allgemein
gesagt |
Argumente
strukturieren:
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Firstly
... secondly ... finally... |
Erstens ...
zweitens ... schließlich |
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First
of all/To begin with I would like to ... |
Zunächst einmal |
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In
addition/Moreover/Besides/Furthermore you can’t deny that ... |
Darüberhinaus; leugnen |
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Another
significant reason/advantage/consequence is ... |
Ein weiterer |
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This
brings us to the question of whether ... |
Daraus ergibt sich
die Frage, ob |
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It
is worth stating at this point that ... |
An dieser Stelle
sollte man darauf hinweisen |
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But
above all ... |
Aber vor allem |
Gegensatz:
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On
the one hand ... on the other hand |
Auf der
einen/anderen Seite |
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We
mustn’t forget, however, that ... |
jedoch |
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All
the same/Nevertheless it is wrong to say that ... |
Trotzdem |
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Despite
all those arguments we still face the problem that ... |
Trotz |
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In
contrast to/As opposed to/Unlike the writer I think ... |
Im Gegensatz zu |
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Contrary
to the popular idea/notion (Vorstellung) ... |
Entgegen |
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It
is true that ... but it is definitely wrong to say that ... |
Zwar ... aber |
Logische
Folge:
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So/Therefore/That’s
why we can’t simply assume (annehmen) that ... |
Deshalb |
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All
this goes to show that we can’t simply assume that .... |
All dies zeigt
nur, dass |
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From
all this it follows that ... |
Aus all dem folgt,
dass |
Schluss:
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To
conclude/In conclusion/As a result you can safely say that ... |
Zusammenfassend,
als Ergebnis |
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All
in all I therefore reject the view that ... |
Alles in allem |
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To
sum up I’m seriously opposed to the writer’s position that ... |
Zusammenfassend |
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In
sum/In brief I cannot accept the suggestion that ... |
Kurz gesagt |
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Weighing
the pros and cons one comes to the conclusion that ... |
Wenn man das Für
und Wider abwägt |
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