preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
division into equal parts; equal parts
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
beginner; novice; neophyte
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
to toady; to be obsequious
money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping
carefree; free from worry
ninth day of the month; nine days
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things
novel; original; new; innovative
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter