with the exception of; excepting; excluding
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
educational institution; school; academy; campus
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
sports ground; sports oval
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
street at night; making a night journey
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
danger; peril; hazard; risk
this is why; this means; it is the case that
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
side effect; adverse reaction
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
explanation; interpretation
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; letting out stress; letting out feelings
proposal; proposition; suggestion
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly