1 to use up

2 to consume

1 to ignite

2 to combust

3 to burn

4 combustion

5 flaming

1 to waste

2 to spend

3 to consume

4 to squander

5 news

6 (coll.) to delay

7 to dilly-dally

1 to ignite

2 to set on fire

3 aflame

1 news of sb's death

2 grievous news

1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence

2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one

1 burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife

1 lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation

2 extreme emergency

1 lit. a dog who catches mice

2 to be meddlesome (idiom)

1 a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)

2 blind luck