ability; performance; efficiency
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
magical power; mystical force
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
surroundings; environs; circumference
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
to be hot on a person's heels
to slide into; to slip into
inside; interior; inner part
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
using as an intermediary; through
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment