preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
because of; owing to; due to
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
practical problem; practical matter
one day; (on) a certain day
diastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust; upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
butterfly (swimming stroke); G-string; gee-string
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
human relations; humanity
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
after a long time; for the first time in a while
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to press oil
memories; recollections; reminiscence
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
100,000,000; one hundred million
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
that's the way it is; such is life
desperation; struggle to the death
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
terrible twos (developmental stage in toddlers)
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
if so; in that case; in that situation
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to be muddy; to be slushy
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination