Vocabulary builder: linkers

What are “linkers”?

Linkers, or linking words, are the words we use to join the different sentences we use when speaking or writing.

Here is a quick list for reference. Hope you find it useful.

FIRST OF ALL   ( INNANZITUTTO )

MOREOVER, IN ADDITION TO THIS  ( INOLTRE )

IN  FACT    ( INFATTI )

AS A RESULT    ( DI CONSEGUENZA )

HOWEVER    (  TUTTAVIA, COMUNQUE )

NEVERTHELESS     ( CIONONOSTANTE )

YET/BUT     ( MA, TUTTAVIA )

RATHER       ( PIUTTOSTO )

INSTEAD     ( INVECE )

EVENTUALLY    ( ALLA FINE )

OTHERWISE        ( ALTRIMENTI )

ACTUALLY         ( IN REALTA’, A DIRE IL VERO )

SIMILARLY       ( ALLO STESSO MODO )

GENERALLY     ( IN GENERE )

AS A RULE         ( DI REGOLA )

THATS IS TO SAY (written I.E.)   ( CIOE’ )

IN OTHER WORDS       ( IN ALTRE PAROLE )

IN SHORT         ( IN BREVE )