4 · 40 words
Conjunctions and linking words
The words that join clauses: even if, no matter, since, otherwise, unless, so as not to.
Chinese conjunctions often come in pairs, one in each half of the sentence, where English uses a single word: 即使 wants 也 later on, 无论 and 不管 want 都, 既然 wants 就. The second word is an adverb and stands after the subject of its clause, not at the front. Several words here also come in a spoken and a written form — 不然 and 否则, 哪怕 and 即便 — and the list says which is which.
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Adverb (3)
同样likewise; equallyAdverb4
这个方法对孩子有用，对成年人同样有用。This method works for children, and it works just as well for adults.
随后soon after; subsequentlyAdverb4
他先到了，他妻子随后也来了。He arrived first, and his wife came soon after.
只不过it's only that; merelyAdverb4
这没什么，只不过是一个小问题。It's nothing; it's just a small problem.
This list belongs to Thinking and arguing — eight lists and 320 words that can also be practised as a whole.
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