To begin with , ;
To begin with, I dont have enough money to take a trip to Europe this summer.( , .)
Frankly speaking
Frankly speaking, said John, I think youre out of your mind! ( , , , !)
To be more precise ;
To be more precise they are not husband and wife. ( , .)
As far as I know
As far as know they are not his real parents. ( , .)
As far as I remember
As far as I remember he does not get along very well with her. ( , .)
To be quite frank
To be quite frank, Im not certain shes the one for the job. ( , , .)
To make matters (still) worse
To make matters worse, our main scorer had broken an ankle. ( , .)
It goes without saying
It goes without saying that you are to wear formal clothing to the White House dinner. ( , .)
To cut a long story short
Anyway, to cut a long story short, we left at midnight and James left somewhat later. ( , , , .)
To put it in a nutshell ,
Karen wants them to get married and buy a house and Mike wants them to carry on as they are and that, to put it in a nutshell, is the problem. ( , , , )
To say the least ,
When they had an accident, they were upset to say the least. ( , , , .)
So to speak
I just love my little poodle. Shes my baby, so to speak. ( . , .)
To put it mildly
The area is not very wealthy, to put it mildly actually, its pretty poor. ( , , .)
Strange as it may seem
Straange as it may seem, I still hope for the best. ( , .)
To sum it up
To sum it up, Eleanor has promised to revise the designs, and Bernard will finalize the text. ( , , .)
To tell the truth
To tell the truth, I was a little afraid when I first saw you. ( , , .)
Strictly speaking
Theyre still married, strictly speaking, but theyve been living apart for years. (, , , .)
By the way - ,
I like your dress by the way. Where did you get it? (, . ?)
However ,
He told me not to do it. However, I did it. ( . .)
In other words
He has an appointment on Tuesday. In other words, I dont think he will be attending your meeting. ( . , , .)
Moreover
There was a man behind her. Moreover he was observing her strangely. ( . , - .)
Therefore ,
The cell phone is thin and light and therefore very convenient to carry around. ( , .)
Nevertheless , -
Her date was a bit of a slob, but she had fun nevertheless. (, , , .)
All in all , ,
All in all, the criticism seemed fair. ( , .)
By and large ,
By and large, the play was a success. ( , .)
Basically , ,
They basically do what they are supposed to. (, , , .)
I think (, ):
I suppose , ,
I suppose it will rain today. (, .)
I reckon ,
I reckon she is angry at me for leaving her alone. (, - , .)
I guess , ,
I guess Ill go now. (, , .)
I imagine ,
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel. (, .)
I presume ,
Thats the new assistant, I presume. ( , .)
In my opinion
In my opinion this matter is not as bad as it may seem. ( , , .)
I believe ,
I believe he is innocent. (, .)
It seems to me that ,
It seems to me that they are conspiring against us. ( , - .)
To my way of thinking, - , -
To my way of thinking, his speech was not very convincing. ( , .)
As I see it, ,
As I see it, he has done nothing wrong but helped his family. ( , , .)
The way I see things is that , -
The way I see things is that they have committed a crime and have to be punished. ( , , .)