to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
personality; character; individuality; personhood
(courteous) invitation; call
(talent) scout; recruiter; headhunter
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
unusual; serious; incomparable
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
degree of familiarity; popularity
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
ability to appreciate art (music, poetry, etc.); an eye for art
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
cut; reduction; curtailment
high rating; good reputation
discarding; firing (an employee)
deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment