open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
job application form; employee satisfaction
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
video game (played on a home console)
in name only; titular; nominal
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
under development; in development
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
small fraction; small proportion
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
contrived; false-sounding
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
start button (e.g. in Windows)
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
generic; general purpose; all-purpose