preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to spread; to be propagated
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
same family (race, tribe)
wandering; roaming; drifting
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
text (of a law, treaty, contract, etc.); provisions
acid reflux; bile reflux; pyrosis; gloating; gratification; satisfaction
to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
bouncily; with a stretch; with a boing
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
pulsation; pulsatory motion
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to develop into a serious incident
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
subspace (in science fiction); space free from the laws of physics
to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up
enough is enough; no further!