carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
you could say that; that might be so
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
imagination; supposition; guess
personality; character; individuality; personhood
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
preface; introduction; preamble
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to be hesitant; to feel timid
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
arbitration; intercession; mediation
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
to correct oneself; to restate
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha