fireball; bolide; fireball
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
killing time; staving off boredom
willpower; energy; vitality
verbal promise; one's word
useful thing; usable article
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
by all means; by all costs
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
on the sea; surface of the sea
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
to become possible; to become able to (do)