secondly
adverb
used for introducing the second in a series of two or more things
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firstly
adverb
used for beginning a list of events that happened, or for saying what will happen first
lastly
adverb
used when you want to make one more statement, ask one more question, or mention one more thing in a list before you finish
et cetera
the full form of etc
etc
abbreviation
used after a list of things to mean ‘and others of the same type’, when you do not want to mention everything
inter alia
adverb
used for saying that there are other things apart from those that are mentioned. The usual way of saying this is ‘among other things’.
and the like
used for including other similar people or things in what you are saying
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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