management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
death by suffocation; death by choking
news; word; tidings; omen
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to take away; to carry away
ostensible (surface) reason
change of occupation; career change
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to pause; to have a short intermission
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
to wither while standing; to die standing (of plants)
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding