1. Time/order at first, eventually, finally, first, firstly, in the end, in the first place, in the second place, lastly, later, next, second, secondly, to begin with
2. Comparison/similar ideas in comparison, in the same way, similarly
3. Contrast/opposite ideas but, despite, in spite of, even so, however, in contrast, in spite of this, nevertheless, on the contrary, on the other hand, still, whereas, yet
4. Cause and effect accordingly, as a consequence, as a result, because, because of this, consequently, for this reason, hence, in consequence, in order to, owing to this, since, so, so that, therefore, thus
5. Examples for example, for instance, such as, thus, as follows
6 Generalisation as a rule, for the most part, generally, in general, normally, on the whole, in most cases, usually
7. Stating the obvious after all, as one might expect, clearly, it goes without saying, naturally, obviously, of course, surely
8. Attitude admittedly, certainly, fortunately, luckily, oddly enough, strangely enough, undoubtedly, unfortunately
9. Summary/conclusion finally, in brief, in conclusion, in short, overall, so, then, to conclude, to sum up
10. Explanation/equivalence in other words, namely, or rather, that is to say, this means, to be more precise, to put it another way
11. Addition apart from this, as well as, besides, furthermore, in addition, moreover, nor, not only...but also, too, what is more
12. Condition in that case, then
13. Support actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, indeed
14. Contradiction actually, as a matter of fact, in fact
15. Emphasis chiefly, especially, in detail, in particular, mainly, notably, particularly
Examples
1. Time/order
At first
At first the freemen of both town and country had an organization and a type of property which still retained something of the communal as well as something of the private, but in the town a radical transformation was taking place.
Eventually
Eventually