qualifications; requirements; capabilities
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
important matter; matters of weight
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
reading out and comparing (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); read-through (of a script)
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
control; management (e.g. of a business)
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to triumph; to be elated with success
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to