paper airplane (aeroplane)
10,000,000,000; ten billion
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
and; AND (Boolean operator)
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
older sister; elder sister
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
pull; patronage; tug; discount
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
piece of meat; cut of meat
to hold fast; to protect to the end