personal (employee); employed; retained
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
standard (for weights and measures)
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
measurement error; calculation error
perfect; complete; flawless
perfection; completeness; flawlessness
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
rubbing one's hands together
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
thinning hair; sparse hair (as in balding)
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
the place for; the time for; the level of