Did you hear about...
B2Introducing a piece of news or gossip.
You won't believe this...
B2Introducing an unbelievable or surprising story.
Speaking of which...
B2Changing the subject to something related to the previous topic.
By the way...
B2Adding a piece of information casually.
Incidentally...
B2Introducing a slightly related piece of information.
This reminds me of...
B2Connecting a current topic to a past experience.
To cut a long story short...
B2Summarizing a long story concisely.
In short...
B2Summarizing briefly.
It's a long story...
B2Indicating a story that would take too long to explain fully.
Get this...
B2Introducing an unbelievable or amusing anecdote.
The thing is...
B2Introducing a key point or explanation.
And the best part is...
B2Highlighting the most interesting or positive aspect of a story.
Believe it or not...
B2Introducing something unbelievable.
Funnily enough...
B2Introducing an amusing coincidence or unexpected event.
Strangely enough...
B2Introducing a peculiar or unexpected event.
You know what?
B2Introducing a thought or opinion.
That reminds me...
B2Introducing a related memory or anecdote.
This happened...
B2Introducing a past event.
Imagine this...
B2Inviting someone to visualize a scenario.
Picture this...
B2Similar to 'Imagine this...', inviting visualization.
It all started when...
B2Beginning a narrative.
What happened was...
B2Beginning an explanation or recounting an event.
That's a fascinating anecdote.
C1That's a captivating and interesting short story.
It's a bit of a long story.
C1The explanation or narrative is lengthy.