wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
complication; confusion; disorder
gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
of course; certainly; naturally
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
hemoptysis; coughing up blood; lung hemorrhage (haemorrhage)
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away