stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
head; brains; intellect; understanding
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to fall flat; to fall face down
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
by myself; in person; by oneself
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
just because; even if; even though
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
laborious composition; struggling to compose a poem
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest