adverb, conjunction, preposition

used for giving the reason for something

conjunction

used for introducing facts that explain why you believe that something is true

adverb, preposition

used when you are adding another stronger reason to support what you are saying

verb

used when you want someone to understand and forgive you

abbreviation

used when you are explaining exactly what you mean by something

conjunction

used for adding a comment that explains or makes clearer what you have just said

conjunction

used for adding a comment that limits what you have just said

used for giving an example that proves that what you are saying is true

interjection

an old word used for correcting yourself when you think of a better way of expressing something

adverb

used for adding emphasis to a reason or explanation

adverb, conjunction, preposition

used when explaining why someone does something or why a situation exists

adverb, conjunction, determiner, pronoun

used when explaining why someone feels sad, angry, happy etc

verb

used before you give an example that proves what you have just said

used when giving a reason to explain what you have just said

used when you are going to disagree with or correct what has just been said

used when you are describing something and you imagine an explanation for it that you know is not the real one

used for saying that something is one of the main reasons for a situation, feeling etc

used when explaining the basic cause or nature of something

used for giving an explanation of something

used for explaining that a particular person or thing is affected by something only because they are connected to what you have just mentioned

used for emphasizing that something is very difficult to imagine, understand etc

used in official statements for explaining that something unexpected has happened that will prevent an event or situation from continuing normally

used when mentioning something that shows the type of thing that you are talking about and helps to explain what you mean

for example

used for saying that there is more than one reason for something

used when mentioning one reason for something as an example, when there are several reasons

used for giving a reason for something

used for showing why a particular thing is done

used for saying that you cannot think of a more exact way of describing or explaining what you mean

used for adding a comment or explaining what you have just said

used for explaining why you are doing something

used for introducing another way of saying or explaining something, especially a more simple way

used for introducing an explanation of what you have just said, showing in what way it is true

used for stating the most basic reason for something

in order to preserve, develop, or achieve something

used when you are explaining your reaction to something

used when you are explaining why you are doing something

used when you realize that something you have just said is not correct

used for giving the reason why you think something is true

used for emphasizing that there is no reason or explanation for something

used when giving the reason for something

used for saying that there is no additional explanation for something

used when a situation is not satisfactory but there is nothing that you can do to make it better

used for saying that you can only think of one explanation for something

used for showing that you have expressed something in an unusual way

used when explaining more clearly what you have just said

used when you are going to correct something that you have just said

used for explaining something that you have just said in a more exact way

used for saying that there is a story connected with the fact that you have just mentioned

used for explaining the effect of a situation that you have just described

used when explaining how something happened, to say that you have reached the part of the story that everyone knows

used for introducing an answer, comment, or explanation related to something that was just mentioned

used for emphasizing that something is the main reason for something else

used when you are going to explain something in a different way in order to make it easier to understand

used when you are going to explain a long or complicated idea, story etc in a quick and simple way

used for saying that the words you have chosen are not as extreme as they could have been

used for saying that you are explaining something in a clear and simple way

used when stating the principle or belief that makes someone do something

used when you are giving a number of reasons for a particular situation or problem

used for referring to many different events in a way that is not specific. You use this expression in order to explain why something did or did not happen

used when you are explaining something