familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
just one person; only one
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
recommendation; referral; endorsement
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
personality; character; individuality; personhood
importance; emphasis; stress
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
belief that human nature is fundamentally good
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to become better; to improve
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
romanticist; romantic; dreamer