Yesterday, I came across the word "slew" in the sense of "a large amount" (<a href="https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/slew" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/slew</a>;). I watched the TV series Blacklist and there the main character Raymond Reddington says: "<em>He's responsible for </em><em>a slew of </em><em>other premeditated killings</em>." (<a href="https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/03d5b5e0-73a3-4b76-b5d2-79ca7eaf3dd1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/03d5b5e0-73a3-4b76-b5d2-79ca7eaf3dd1</a>;)

And that made me realise that "a lot" has an abundance of<em> </em>synonyms. There are a myriad of words that can express that there's a great deal of something. Some are neutral, some are positive, some negative or only used with a certain kind of words. You can have oodles of noodles and gobs of money. You can have a mountain of work and a heap of clothes to wash. A buffet can offer a smorgasbord of different dishes. And when everything goes wrong, you might have a spate of mishaps in life. There's really no end of words expressing a large amount.