to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
negotiator; bargainer; point man
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
to think of; to come up with
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue
same trade; same business; same profession
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded
modest; reserved; quiet; humble