soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
member of one's in-group (e.g. family member, colleague)
time series; chronological order; chronology
congeniality; satisfaction; gratification; critical hit
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
emoticon; smiley; kaomoji
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
nonsensical or offensive reply (on Twitter)
under ... years of age; less than ... years old
favoriting (a tweet); favouriting
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
to emphasize; to attach importance to
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
tree (esp. a Christmas tree); tree (structure, diagram, etc.); thread (on Twitter)
conditional; qualified; with conditions attached
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
transfer; transport; transportation
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
to knock down; to bring down
New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis); kākā
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
good old; good old-fashioned
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
child; childish person; immature person
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
tail end; tailender; last person (to arrive, finish etc.); ass; arse; butt