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Actually,
As a matter of fact,
In Fact,
Frankly,
To be honest
To be frank,
If I can be (perfectly) frank/honest,
To be quite frank, honest
To tell you the truth,
All in all,
In general On the whole,
By and large
As far as I can If my memory serves me well,
remember If I can recall correctly,
Considering the fact that…
Reason Due to the (fact that)…
Given the fact that
From my point of view...
From my stand point...
I believe…
I figure...
I guess...
Express your opinion
I reckon...
I suppose
As far as I’m concerned,
As far as I can tell,
It's my belief that
Everyone/everybody knows that…
It goes without saying…
It's obvious Needless to say…
It’s a well known fact that…
It’s no secret that…
I can’t picture myself...
No way would you
I can’t see myself...
do it
Under no circumstances would I…
I totally agree…
Express agreement You might have a point there…
Express agreement
You're absolutely right when you say…
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As far as I know…
knowledge
I’m afraid...
I must admit...
"Sad", but true
Let's face it…
The plain truth is that…
It looks as if
Express your It looks like (attention: informal)
impression It seems / It seems to me (that)
It looks as though
Let’s begin with...
Introduct the subject
To start off with...
Currently
At the moment
Nowadays...
Contrast […] on the other hand,
"Independently of" Regardless of...
At some time;
Sooner or later...
eventually
You are sure Without a shadow of doubt...
Don't underestimate
the value (of) Don't take for granted...
Express
disagreement It doesn't make sense to…
Highlight something I'd like to point out...