reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to relax; to feel at home
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
manners; courtesy; etiquette
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
consequence; outcome; result; blame
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
society; the world; the times
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to flare up; to fly into a rage
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
evident; plain; distinct; clear
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to be relieved; to feel relieved
now that; since; so long as; because
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
warmly; cordially; with tender care
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to become settled; to be fixed
to stare back at; to look back at
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to say; to tell; to state; to do
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to make an appeal; to urge
opposite; reverse; contrary