postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
serious; severe; grave; acute
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
information leak; data breach
-less; lacking; non-existing
in terms of; from the point of view of
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
intention; personal opinion
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
thrust; driving force; propulsion
propulsive power; driving force
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
neutralization; neutralisation; counteraction
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
safety belt (typically used in Japanese construction work); fall-prevention harness
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)