anfangs — initially, at first, in the beginning in German

dabei

thereby, there, with it, in doing so, at the same time, while doing

nun

now, then

damit

with it, with that

bereits

already

etwa

about, approximately, roughly, for instance, for example

dafür

for it, for this, for that

allerdings

though, however, but, certainly, indeed

zwar

although, indeed, admittedly, to be precise, certainly