four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
(social) position; status
establishment; settlement
succeeding; following; trailing; next
never ceasing; never ending
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
ability; performance; efficiency
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
action of making something; -ification
sudden price jump; steep price rise
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to press a question; to cross-examine
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
to wring the neck; to strangle
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
thereupon; shortly thereafter
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing