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Firstly, we need somewhere to live. Secondly, we need to find work.
And thirdly, ...
‘What are you going to do?’ ‘Well, to start with |'m going to buy a
newspaper.’

4 allthe same, yet, still, on the other hand, however
These show a contrast with something that was said before.
‘She’s not working very well.’ ‘All the same, she’s trying hard.’
He says he’s a socialist, and yet he’s got two houses and a Rolls
Royce.
It's not much of a flat. Still, it’s home.
‘Shall we go by car or train?’ ‘Well, it’s quicker by train. On the other
hand, it's cheaper by car.’
Jane fell down the stairs yesterday. However, she didn’t really hurt
herself.
5 anyway, anyhow, at any rate
These can mean ‘what was said before is not important — the main
pointis:...’
I’m not sure what time I'll arrive: maybe half past seven or a quarter to
eight. Anyway, I'll be there before eight.
What a terrible experience! Anyhow, you're all right — that’s the main
thing.

6 mind you
To introduce an exception to what was said before.
| don't like the job at all, really, Mind you, the money’s good.

7 ‘Itmean
We say this when we are going to make things clearer, or give more
details.
It was a terrible evening. | mean, they all sat round and talked politics
for hours.

8 kind of, sort of
To show that we are not speaking very exactly.
| sort of think we ought to start going home, perhaps, really.

9 let me see, well
To give the speaker time to think.
‘How much are you Selling it for?’ ‘Well let me see, ...’