serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
what kind of; what sort of; what
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
sincere; earnest; serious
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
otherwise; or else; if not
about; on; regarding; per; for every
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard