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Opinion phrases:
DON'T overuse
"pienso que" or
A mi modo de ver ~ in my opinion "creo que" ~ use
Según yo ~ according to me these ones instead!
Diría que ~ I would say that
Tengo que admitir que ~ I have to admit that
Desde mi punto de vista ~ from my point of view
Hubiera dicho que ~ I would have said that
Encuentro que ~ I find that
No creo que sea el caso ~ I don't think that that's the case
Si tuviera que dar mi opinión, diría que ~ if I had to give my
opinion, I would say that
En cuanto a ~ with regards to
A mí me impresionó... ~ I was impressed by
Todavía estoy por decidirlo ~ I'm still yet to decide
Que yo sepa ~ as far as I know
Me inclino a creer que ~ I'm inclined to believe that

Connectives:

Sin embargo ~ however

No obstante ~ however
Puesto que / ya que ~ since / because
Dado que ~ given that
Además ~ furthermore
Por añadidura ~ furthermore
Sea... sea... ~ either... or...
Así que / por lo tanto ~ therefore
Por eso ~ fot this reason
Sobre todo ~ above all
Aunque ~ although

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Introduction phrases:

Lo primero que hace falta decir es que ~ the first thing that
needs to be said is that
En primer lugar ~ in first place
No sabría por donde empezar ~ I wouldn't know where to
start

Main body of essay phrases:

En segundo lugar ~ in second place

No se puede negar que ~ it can't be denied that
...que se refiere a ~ which refers to
Por un lado ~ on one hand
Por otro lado ~ on the other hand
Vale agregar que ~ it's worth adding that
Es obvio/evidente que ~ it is obvious that
Conviene subrayar que ~ it's convenient to underline that
Me saca de quicio que + subjunctive ~ it annoys me that...
Y lo que es más, me atrevería a decir que ~ and
furthermore, I would dare to say that
En lo que concierne a ~ concerning

Conclusion phrases:

Al fin y al cabo ~ at the end of the day

En todos casos, las respuestas definitivas a estas preguntas
aún están por llegar ~ in any case, the definitive answers to
these questions are still up in the air
Cuando todo esté dicho y hecho ~ when all is said and done
Para concluir ~ to conclude

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Good general phrases you could apply to most topics:

Si hubiera sabido... ~ if I had known

Si tuviera la oportunidad de... ~ if I had the opportunity to
Si pudiera... ~ if I could
Si tuviera más tiempo... ~ if I had more time
Si fuera rico/a... ~ if I was rich
Si tuviera que mencionar algo más, diría que... ~ if I had to
mention something else, I would say that
Me gusta que sea tan divertido ~ I like that it's so fun
Odio que no haya muchas cosas que hacer ~ I hate that
there aren't many things to do
Puede que sea una mala idea, sin embargo no me importa
mucho ~ it may be that it's a bad idea, however I don't really
care
Las discusiones sobre (insert topic) a menudo se centran
en... ~ discussions about (topic) are often centred on
La realidad nunca deja de sorprenderme ~ the reality never
fails to surprise me
Ya habremos cruzado varios umbrales de irreversibilidad ~
we will have already crossed various thresholds of
irreversibility
Para que mis amigos y yo nos divirtamos, nos gusta... ~ in
order for me and my friends to have fun, we like to
...lo que no es moco de pavo ~ which is no small feat
Ni siquiera yo lo había planeado ~ not even I had planned it
Este problema llega a casi todos los rincones del mapa-
mundi ~ this problem arrives at almost every corner of the
world map
Cualquier cosa que diga... ~ anything that I say

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