# OALD Authors - OPAL Spoken Phrases (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article3.5c705a01b476.png) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/28432058) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[OALD Authors]] **Full Title**:: OPAL Spoken Phrases **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **Document Tags**:: #opal **URL**:: [www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com](https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/pdf/wordlists/opal/OPAL_spoken%20phrases.pdf) **Host**:: [[www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-06-04]] **Created**:: [[2023-06-11]] ## Highlights ### 1. Signposting and focusing in lectures/lessons - going to show you ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227vswne6hkrbzn30knmw05)) ^541804769 - so you can see ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227wvpx75fzjqbdzgeqmn5w)) ^541804824 - going to go through ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227vqb8p79szbygxx9mzcvc)) ^541804755 - to deal with ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227wejdbv2vqf3wh9ftypm5)) ^541804815 - here we have ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227wxt8j5ncqwwqqyyyfkz4)) ^541804825 - going to talk about ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227w4nffssjvxh98yxhy106)) ^541804790 - going to look at ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227vwkc2jzpewbgyekt34aq)) ^541804773 ### 2. Specifying topics and relations between ideas - in terms of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227x8yz77cftvzx1sjbx801)) ^541805062 - from the point of view of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227yw5ng47gg6daza4gc492)) ^541805417 - when it comes to ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227yafepa58vwaskdnr5neh)) ^541805288 - with respect to ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227yz8x74wdw8sfgsvrw493)) ^541805420 ### 3. Drawing attention to something or focusing on it - in particular ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2280d001chfhk7xe0b9c11k)) ^541805598 - one of the key ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2280mxwmqkqmh4cryqj0d87)) ^541805647 - the point is that ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h22806mtbjp5n40v82f5kahm)) ^541805571 - one of the most ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2280pn1qg2mc426beychg76)) ^541805648 ### 4. Clarifying and restating - (so) in other words ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h22813f9s9ey10x2s23v6kkd)) ^541805654 - in a sense ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2281kh385y9zgbx0kf3z6w4)) ^541805776 - as I said ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h22818m9ptjtd5kbtqe0t8vj)) ^541805656 - that is to say ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2281rbxpz4b4qjw4rre84qw)) ^541805787 - what I mean by ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2281sxz7ermratarzsgcnt5)) ^541805788 ### 5. Giving examples ### 6. Adding ### 7. Using vague language - some sort of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2284fsqkxhn90wtzwe0hav2)) ^541806004 - or whatever ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2284v72aa2r700874ydd26k)) ^541806010 - a kind of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2284dhs5jt82qeze7pp6v4a)) ^541806002 ### 8. Classifying and comparing things ### 9. Making contrasts - at the same time ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h22854y266jt1zh2aewqaqqq)) ^541806016 - on the other hand ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h22856rf6c3b42cg0yrk7mcn)) ^541806017 ### 10. Expressing relationships between things and ideas ### 11. Expressing aims, causes and effects ### 12. Ordering content and making time references - first of all ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h22861sq3y4fyrmv33mdx5n6)) ^541806034 - at this stage ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2286edzbjkt8tc31yy35jf5)) ^541806043 - the first thing (that) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2286857bzyvh6tshhby8xes)) ^541806039 - in the first place ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h228656fgahe464m1s86gjbv)) ^541806037 - at this point ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2286g6bz6zzk3vdvr581cvp)) ^541806045 ### 13. Hedging and expressing degrees of certainty - as you know ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2286vq5actvt41hvrbq17vd)) ^541806064 - tend to be ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2286x3fm4f9e6zzyrgz1nks)) ^541806075 - we know that ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2286t429fknfb7jk657cma3)) ^541806063 ### 14. Marking a shift in or change of topic - move on to ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h22879b3b2nw6nfg5ny1k4a7)) ^541806078 - come back to (that) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h22877gbmmr17akvwxzdmvqa)) ^541806077 ### 15. Direct address or instruction to students/audience - (just) to remind you ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2287vpdewjcbkxq2155zakv)) ^541806083 - if you think about it ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h228894mn3azzjyfymrfv3em)) ^541806107 - to think about ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h22880bxe3czpwj3eb8n2edz)) ^541806087 ### 16. Expressing quantity and increase/decrease - a variety of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2288ptkpp7tcxa116wpwrrv)) ^541806115 - all sorts ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2288s8de5kcvpveh55861tj)) ^541806116