A: I really like your shirt. Hasn't Harry got one just like it? B: Yes he has. TALKING OF / SPEAKING OF Harry, did he get the job?, To change the direction of a conversation, but making a link with what has just been said., So let's meet at five o'clock then. BY THE WAY / INCIDENTALLY, could you possibly lend me some money?, To introduce something you have just thought of, or to change the subject., A: Did you see the match last night? B: No. ACTUALLY / IN FACT / AS A MATTER OF FACT, I don't really like football., To introduce additional surprising or unexpected information., We didn't go away at the weekend because I had too much work. IN ANY CASE / ANYWAY the weather was awful, so we didn't miss much., To introduce the idea that what you said before is less important than what you are saying now, or to return to the main topic after a digression., Yes, it was a bad accident. AT LEAST nobody was killed, though. Tom's coming to the meeting, or AT LEAST, he said he was., To introduce a positive point after some negative information, or to qualify what you have just said or to make it less definite., He's still a great director but, ON THE WHOLE, I prefer his earlier films., To generalize., There are plans to help first-time buyers. THAT IS TO SAY, mortgages will be more easily available., To introduce an explanation or clarification of a point you have just made..

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