soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
speech; expression; wording; language
obliteration; annihilation
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
great difference; big difference; wide margin
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to be plump; to be chubby
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding
real thing; original; actual
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
strength; toughness; bravery; boldness
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
fighting game (esp. one-on-one)
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal