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English term or phrase:
in that light
English answer:
considering that information
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Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Feb 8, 2015 16:33
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English term
in that light
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"In that light, it seems essential that longer life expectancies do not come at the cost of a reduced quality of life," said Dr. Eileen Luders, first author and assistant professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
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considering that information
A related expression is to "shed some light on something" which means to provide information about it.
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Example: "This research sheds new light on factors affecting life expectancy".
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In light of this research, we must reconsider...."
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Example: "This research sheds new light on factors affecting life expectancy".
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In light of this research, we must reconsider...."
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Given the information in the preceding paragraph
Well, it doesn't help that you left out the part that's essential to explaining this.
As baby boomers have aged and the elderly population has grown, the "incidence of cognitive decline and dementia has increased substantially as the brain ages."
Given that incidence of cognitive decline and dementia has increased substantially as the brain ages, it seems essential that longer life expectancies do not come at the cost of a reduced quality of life.
As baby boomers have aged and the elderly population has grown, the "incidence of cognitive decline and dementia has increased substantially as the brain ages."
Given that incidence of cognitive decline and dementia has increased substantially as the brain ages, it seems essential that longer life expectancies do not come at the cost of a reduced quality of life.
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That being said...
- According to that point of view...
- That being the case...
Three options.
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In view of what we have seen...
Let's see if I can come up with more. :0)
- That being the case...
Three options.
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In view of what we have seen...
Let's see if I can come up with more. :0)
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acetran
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Many thanks, Acetrán!
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Carol Gullidge
: this doesn't work for me, as the expression nearly always precedes a "but" or "however" - in other words some sort of qualification of what has been said before. BUT "That being the case" seems OK!
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That being said, I respectfully, disagree. :o)
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Jennifer Levey
: I agree with Carol. "That being said ..." strongly implies that the current sentence 'opposes' the ideas set out in the immediately-preceding sentence. // You are now proposing some totally different interpretations. Neutral --> Disagree.
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"in view of what we have seen", "according to the the point of view" are also options that can work.
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in this context/sense
Other ideas.
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with that in mind
I agree with Lincoln that it would be useful to see the previous sentence. It is nevertheless clear that the 'current' sentence is founded upon, and builds upon, what went before; if the current sentence was suggesting a contrary viewpoint or objective, it would more-likely begin with 'That said ...', "Despite that ...', or something similar.
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Reference:
in the light of...
...is the Idiom which is being referred to here.
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= considering, because of, taking into account, bearing in mind, in view of, taking into consideration, with knowledge of • In the light of this information, we can now identify a number of issues.
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= considering, because of, taking into account, bearing in mind, in view of, taking into consideration, with knowledge of • In the light of this information, we can now identify a number of issues.
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