Like 和 就是说

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个人觉得汉语口语中的“就是”，“就是说”跟英语口语中的like很有点相像。

Use of the discourse marker "like" in interviews
http://www.fleric.org/forum/viewthread.php?tid=710&extra=page=1

2003 Journal of sociolinguistics.

Janet Fuller

 

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回复: Like 和 就是说

I would say they partially overlap as each has many other functions as well.