# OALD Authors - OPAL Written Phrases (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/28432081) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[OALD Authors]] **Full Title**:: OPAL Written Phrases **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **Document Tags**:: #opal **URL**:: [www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com](https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/pdf/wordlists/opal/OPAL_written%20phrases.pdf) **Host**:: [[www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-05-31]] **Created**:: [[2023-06-03]] ## Highlights ### 1. Specifying topics and relations between ideas ### 2. Drawing attention to something or focusing on it ### 3. Hedging and expressing degrees of certainty ### 4. Explaining and defining ### 5. Giving examples or presenting evidence ### 6. Expressing aims, causes and effects ### 7. Making contrasts ### 8. Comparing ### 9. Adding ### 10. Expressing quantity/degree and increase/decrease ### 11. Expressing the existence/non-existence of something ### 12. Referring to the text and to other texts ### 13. Referring to time ### 14. Phrases with (the) (noun) of ### 15. Miscellaneous <!-- New highlights added June 11, 2023 at 4:29 AM --> - in accordance with ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227aezwbkvek9w3fh03k3hg)) ^541798774 - it is not surprising that ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227b7se4chf6t03x37rtarj)) ^541798910 - appears to be ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227c8gx2mdve7748s1xayr2)) ^541798968 - has/have the potential to ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227d26me4v0x0afvs3cjfjs)) ^541799038 - it could/can be argued that ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227cf299w4w0j4eg3yw4gvr)) ^541799011 - the reason for this is that ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227fcezq1vswxw89hfzx53y)) ^541799176 - (be) regarded as ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227eddxmxeqj9c2p2zxj6ns)) ^541799150 - it is for this reason that ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227f4x2jmmn833xr7f9wc5h)) ^541799172 - tend to ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227gvvq85kc7g2w90dsr45h)) ^541799677 - in the light of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227h0w7d42f8ysykk7bc6xh)) ^541799691 - as we have seen ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227frzpfj3q7drxf9006nz5)) ^541799257 - it is easy to see that ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227g44np3w5r2h70qk4dp77)) ^541799390 - give rise to ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227j69vbgm6rtppxgzzawh2)) ^541800525 - play a role in ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227jw7d0q436w8e8gy42ejp)) ^541801366 - with the exception of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227kjmsf0vzy7ce8j9rc3n1)) ^541801916 - in contrast to ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227k6yay8y0hz3f5axephgn)) ^541801605 - on the other hand ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227k9jddy5mv6d52twnzrfr)) ^541801707 - whether or not ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227ke1pjgvd2gdtcqs0wyrw)) ^541801770 - corresponding to ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227m36rjg3mkvfbj975b5xg)) ^541802317 - consistent with ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227kzsmhx3qbwtgcyz3h8h8)) ^541802231 - in addition ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227m8f8hbjez4b9xembkm4g)) ^541802369 - (not only) but also ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227mb84bj0h9stzwbge0ws2)) ^541802463 - a combination of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227mgechddt0616twvdp5yr)) ^541802560 - (in) a (wide) variety of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227mtdfx1vv4pyb1va703p7)) ^541802868 - the most common ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227n59r8c8xdw2a7scv3s1r)) ^541803272 - to a greater or lesser extent ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227ng0qy3sxz4h06bh0bmg7)) ^541803537 - in the presence of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227nnense4987cn9jme2e4q)) ^541803578 - the vast majority of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227nxsc9gw01tmjbvgwzf9b)) ^541803739 - in the course of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227p2zd2rfsgxtpwsw7z1z4)) ^541803839 - as follows ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227pa18j28f8n1eavy9s8bc)) ^541804073 - the emergence of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227q9bv1kq7xkq6p4k9jyj5)) ^541804561 - the basis of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227pyc8tk4ac99zm3pn4c2b)) ^541804536 - the application of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227q3wrpjjnb02scshqa5yq)) ^541804551 - the form of ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h227q0nn4s654sbwm7rzhy1v)) ^541804539