1)
Basically
In a nutshell
In other words
to cut a long story short
what I meant was

2)
1 - had gone
2 - would look
3 - would not sell
4 - was feeling
5 - had been borrowing
6 - had already been thrown out
7 - was ashamed
8 - didn't want
9 - was staying
10 - had recently had
11 - was telling
12 - had left
13 - was expecting
14 - painted
15 - had not been going to give
16 - had never liked
17 - had insisted
18 - was
19 - knew
20 - had hated
21 - only ever visited
22 - had been trying
23 - had been
24 - would reveal