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Cannot express how ~, excruciatingly ~; Too ~ for words; unbelievably ~; Extremely; to an incredible extent

Because; Since; On account of; Due to; As it was due to X, ... (formal, literary); Regrettably because of X (often used to preface a consequence)

Completely, Entirely; All in; Nothing but; A real streak of; Jet (as in a streak)

To be outmatched by; Not reach the level of; Cannot compare with; Not up to par with; To fall short of

Although; But; Although I say; Although it is said; Having said that

As soon as; No sooner than; The instant that; No sooner had (someone done)

Not hard to; Not difficult to; Easy to; Is obvious that

As for X, it’s a different matter; I don’t know about X; maybe for Y it would be possible; X being the case, but Y is not the same; For X it might be acceptable, but for X it’s unlikely/irrelevant

Cannot help feeling; Cannot but; Cannot hold back (emotions)

In the name of; Using the excuse of; To use as a pretext; Under the guise or pretense of

Depending on how things go; Depending on the circumstances; In some cases, depending on the way

No doubt or hope; There is no way; It is impossible; Not a hope in hell

For …(is the best); When it comes to; Concerning

Assuming; Supposing; (Interpret) as; On the assumption; Regarding; Considering

On the premise of; based on; assuming that; with X as a premise; taking X as a given condition

won't get away without; won't get off without; have to; have no choice but to; can't not

Cannot bear to; Cannot stand to; Too much to; Cannot go on doing; Cannot tolerate

ends up in a mess; this is the end result; unfortunately how things turned out; what happened as a consequence; this is the outcome; to wind up like this

If you were to do that; If you try to do that; If it should happen that; Should there be ...

In stark contrast; In comparison; On the other hand; While; In sharp contrast

If… then it is all in vain; It is done; It is useless; No point; It is a waste; That’s it; It is all gone