073- Link Words

link

noun

l

i

ɪ

n

k

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a relationship or connection between two or more things or people

disjunction

to link

Verb

l

i

ɪ

n

k

to establish a relationship or association between two things

decouple

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive

since

conjunction

s

i

ɪ

n

c

s

e

used to express a reason for something

because

conjunction

b

e

ɪ

c

k

au

ʌ

s

z

e

used for introducing the reason of something

as a result

Adverb

/æz ɐ ɹɪzˈʌlt/

Collocation

used to indicate the outcome of a preceding action or situation

due to

preposition

/dˈuː tuː/

Collocation

as a result of a specific cause or reason

plus

conjunction

p

l

u

ə

s

used to introduce additional information or items

as well

Adverb

/æz wˈɛl/

used to express additional information or to say that something is true in a similar manner

also

Adverb

a

ɔ

l

s

o

oʊ

used to introduce another fact or idea in addition to something already mentioned

Grammatical Information:

incomparable

conjunctive adverb

in addition

Adverb

/ɪn ɐdˈɪʃən/

Collocation

used to introduce further information

as a consequence

Adverb

/æz ɐ kˈɑːnsɪkwəns/

used to indicate that something follows as a result or outcome of a preceding event or action

Grammatical Information:

conjunctive adverb

contrast

noun

c

k

o

ɑ

n

t

r

a

æ

s

t

the noticeable difference or opposition between two or more things that are compared

to contrast

Verb

c

k

o

ɑ

n

t

r

a

æ

s

t

to differ in a noticeable or obvious way

Grammatical Information:

intransitive

although

conjunction

a

ɔ:

l

th

ð

ou

oʊ

gh

used to introduce a contrast to what has just been said

though

conjunction

th

ð

ou

oʊ

gh

used to say something surprising compared to the main idea

even though

conjunction

/ˈiːvən ðˌoʊ/

used to indicate that despite a certain fact or situation mentioned in the first clause, the second clause follows

despite

preposition

d

e

ɪ

s

p

i

aɪ

t

e

used to show that something happened or is true, even though there was a difficulty or obstacle that might have prevented it

in spite of

preposition

/ɪn spˈaɪt ʌv/

Collocation

regardless of a particular circumstance or obstacle

on the one hand

Adverb

/ɑːnðə wˈʌn hˈænd/

Collocation

used to introduce one aspect of a situation, often followed by a contrasting statement

on the other hand

on the other (hand)

Adverb

/ɑːnðɪ ˈʌðɚ hˈænd ɔːɹ/

Collocation

used to introduce a contrasting aspect of a situation, especially when comparing it to a previous point

on the one hand

however

Adverb

h

o

a

w

ʊ

e

ɛ

v

e

ɜ

r

used to add a statement that contradicts what was just mentioned

Grammatical Information:

conjunctive adverb

all the same

phrase

/ˈɔːl ðə sˈeɪm/

despite what has been said or done

still

Adverb

s

t

i

ɪ

ll

l

despite what has been said or done

Grammatical Information:

interrogative adverb

as

conjunction

a

æ

s

z

used to indicate the reason or cause for something

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