carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to stop walking; to pause
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
memory; sense; experience
even if not; even without
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
war; fighting; fierce competition
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)