nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
first match (in a series)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims
don't worry about it; never mind; it's OK
great physical power; animal strength
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
never mind!; don't worry about it
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; requesting a video review (of a referee's call)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
school inter-class ball-game competition
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
(another's) daughter; young lady
stirring; rousing oneself
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
that is to say; so that means
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
villain; baddie; the villain's part