rank; ranking order; hierarchy
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
destruction; collapse; crumbling
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
to peel off and fall; to flake away
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
dirty old man; pervert; lecher
(living with) ease and comfort; easy street; life without financial worries
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
every person; each one; everybody
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
skin as beautiful as a gem; beautiful skin
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum