manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
last night; yesterday evening
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
maid; helper; help; assistance
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
briskly with small steps; trotting
machine parts; machinery; equipment
perfect; just right; ideal
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
election campaign; political campaign; campaigning; electioneering; canvassing
information discovery; disclosure of information
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
as you see; as you can see
as usual; as is one's habit
to be greedy; to devour greedily