restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
hostility; animosity; enmity
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to run up to; to rush over
calm; composed; cool; quiet
forgetting; lapse of memory
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
as if nothing had happened
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
attendant; valet; servant; follower
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
destined; predestined; fated; fateful