management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
ago; since; before; previous
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
centre of attention; center of attention
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
good-natured person; nice person
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage