C1 · Advanced
Hedging, Directness & Nuance
Adjust the strength of a claim, qualify its scope and make a request appropriately direct without hiding the main point.
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- Words & phrases
- 41
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- as far as I know
- at first glance, offhand
- to a certain extent
- to a certain degree
- to some extent
- when it comes down to it
- strictly speaking
- roughly speaking
- to put it mildly
- so to speak
- in principle
- in practice
- all things considered
- in a way
- not necessarily
- at least, in any case
- if nothing else
- broadly, in broad strokes
- in principle, as a starting point
- not quite, not entirely
- partly, in part
- more or less
- purely hypothetically
- or thereabouts
- with some reservation
- it depends on
- That is debatable.
- technically speaking
- in plain Danish, in plain language
- in so many words
- just saying
- point taken
- to spell it out
- to drag something out, to protract
- to tone it down
- to be at cross purposes
- to run it by someone
- it could be argued that
- suggestive of
- insofar as
- conceivable
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Hedging and Nuance
- Lesson 2
Qualifying Claims in an Interview
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.
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