Talking of... (somebody/something), To change the direction of a conversation, but making a link with what has just been said, By the way/ Incidentally, ..., To introduce something you have just thought of, or to change the subject, Actually / In fact / As a matter of fact,, To introduce additional surprising or unexpected information, In any case / Anyway,, 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, At least,..., To introduce a positive point after some negative information, As I was saying, ..., To return to a previous subject, On the whole, ..., To generalize, All in all, ..., To say that you are taking everything into consideration, After all, ..., To introduce an argument that the other person may not have considered, Besides, ..., To introduce an additional point, Basically, ..., To introduce the most important point, Obviously, ..., To introduce a fact that is very clear, In other words, ..., To say something again in another way, Otherwise, ..., To say what the result would be if something did not happen or were different, As far as ... is concerned, ... / As regards / Regarding ..., To introduce a new topic, That is to say, ..., To introduce an explanation or clarification, On the one hand, ... / On the other hand,...., To balance contrasting facts or points

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