à mon avis – in my opinion

il me semble que – it seems to me that

pour être honnête - to be honest

en ce qui me concerne - according to me

de temps en temps – from time to time

entre temps - in the meantime, meanwhile

de toute manière – in any case

du coup - as a result

malgré - despite, in spite of

ceci dit - that said

quelle chance - how lucky

quel dommage - what a pity

quelle horreur - how horrible

quel cauchemar- what a nightmare

quel bonheur – what a joy

bien sûr - of course

le lendemain – the next day

Il y a plein de / d’ – there is a lot of

Il y a plusieurs + noun ( NO DE!!) = there are several

Il y a pas mal de /d’ = there is a quite a lot

Il y a tellement de / d’ = there are so many

Il y a de plus en plus de/d’ = there are more and more.

Il y a énormément de /d’ = there is a lot of …

Il y a un tas de /d’ = there is a lot of…