bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
sunlight; rays of the Sun
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
incident; affair; happening; event
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
Ireland (country); Éire; Ireland (island)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
settlement; solution; resolution
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
several weeks; a few weeks
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
one's way back; one's way home
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
outside of; not covered by
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch