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To mention or introduce a topic; to raise children
To anticipate something with pleasure; to be excited about a future event
To recover from illness or emotional trauma; to overcome difficulties
To reject or refuse; to reduce volume or intensity
To establish or arrange something; to prepare equipment
To find or discover something by chance; to seem or appear in a certain way
To stop working or functioning; to analyze something in detail
To exercise; to solve a problem; to succeed or develop well
To postpone; to delay something until later
To meet someone unexpectedly; to encounter a problem
To remove clothing; to leave suddenly; (of aircraft) to begin flying
To stop trying; to surrender or quit
To continue; to happen.
To understand or solve something.
To cancel an event or agreement.
To have a friendly relationship with someone.
To investigate something; to leave a hotel after paying.
To invent a story; to reconcile after an argument.
To discover a piece of information.
To spend time relaxing informally.
To lift something; to collect someone; to learn a new skill.
To wait for a short time.
To faint or lose consciousness.
To resemble an older family member in appearance or character.
To reduce the consumption of something.
To arrive or appear somewhere.
To support someone; to make a copy of computer data.
To complete a form with information.
To eventually reach or do something, often unexpectedly.
To have no more of something left.
To tolerate or endure something unpleasant.
To admire and respect someone.
To submit an assignment or report.
To consider something carefully before making a decision.
To leave someone or something at a destination.
To continue doing something, often with persistence.
To take control of something, like a company or a responsibility.
To misbehave or not function correctly.
To draw attention to a particular piece of information.
To lose concentration and stop paying attention to what's happening around you.
To invite someone on a romantic date.
To put on a piece of clothing to see if it fits or looks good.
To eliminate something as a possibility.
To develop from a child into an adult.
To continue doing something; to remain loyal to someone or something.
To become calm; to adopt a more stable and routine lifestyle.
To do something wrong without being caught or punished.
To carefully consider all the possible effects or results of an action.
To understand something; to become popular or fashionable.
To distribute something to a group of people.
To explode; to become very angry; to inflate.
To confuse two or more things or people.
To start to get a common illness.
A polite, gentle way to say 'to die'.
To investigate or examine the facts about something.
To continue doing something.
To review or examine something carefully.
To rely or depend on someone.
To disappoint someone.
To gradually disappear or stop having an effect.
To enter a building by force; to interrupt a conversation.
To cause something to happen.
To visit someone for a short time, usually without an appointment.
To do something again from the beginning.
To make sense or seem reasonable; to calculate a total.
To finish the entire supply of something.
To break into pieces; to become very emotional and unable to cope.
To review, refresh, or improve one's knowledge of a skill that has been partially forgotten.
To rely on or count on something happening or someone doing something.
To withdraw from a position or claim in an argument or confrontation.
To expand one's activities or interests into a new area.
To strengthen or make something more substantial or effective.
To suppress or hide one's feelings, especially anger or sadness.
To gradually become less friendly or close with someone over time.
To gradually stop using or providing something.
To be good enough or meet the required standard.
To try to make something seem less important or serious than it really is.
To talk about something with great enthusiasm and praise.
To write something down quickly and briefly.
To be completely honest and direct with someone.
To distribute or give out something, typically in small portions.
To turn out well or succeed.
To work out the details of an agreement or plan through long and difficult negotiation.
To start dealing with bad or illegal behavior in a more severe way.
To be suddenly realized or understood by someone.
To contribute a small amount of money or help to a group effort.
To resolve and remove minor problems or difficulties.
To begin a new, long, or important project or journey.
To depend entirely on something.
To reduce in severity, pressure, or intensity.
To figure something out by combining various pieces of information.
To have the right qualities or personality for a particular job or role.
To suddenly attack someone verbally or physically.
To suddenly become silent or refuse to talk, often due to shyness or fear.
To accept and deal with a difficult reality or problem.
To urge or encourage someone to do something, especially something foolish or risky.
To survive a very difficult or dangerous situation, especially a serious illness.
To cause trouble or create excitement about something.
To reduce the size, amount, or extent of something.
To speak to someone as if they are less intelligent or important.
To look at and form an opinion about someone or something.
To appear or develop quickly and suddenly.
To eliminate something completely, usually something bad.
To persuade someone to do something they don't really want to do.
To get rid of something unwanted, like an illness or feeling.
To join with another person or group to work together.
To explain something clearly and in detail.
To resign from a position of authority.
To focus attention on something specific.
To stop operating permanently or temporarily.
To contact someone briefly to exchange information.
To restrict someone's freedom or limit their options.
To have a meal at a restaurant instead of at home.
To prevent something from happening; to start a journey.
To search for and find someone or something.
To create or prepare a document, plan, or list.
To prepare for something; to increase activity or effort.
To finish something; to dress warmly.
To waste an opportunity; to discard something in the trash.
To become less strong, active, or intense.
To suddenly stop resisting and agree to something.
To fail to keep up with others or with a schedule.
To gradually reduce activity and prepare to stop; to relax.
To gradually disappear or become weaker.
To prevent something harmful from affecting you.
To become exhausted from overwork or stress.
To give something old as part of the payment for something new.
To dismiss employees from their jobs, usually due to economic reasons.
To repair something temporarily; to resolve a relationship problem.
To fail at something; to start out independently.
To contact someone to offer help or ask for assistance.
To stop doing something; to reduce a price; to produce something quickly.
To enter your username and password to access a computer system.
To postpone something to a later time; to resist or fight against something.
To give a brief summary of the main points.
To heat something; to prepare for exercise; to become more friendly.
To search for someone or something until you find them.
To focus on something more closely, especially with a camera or computer.
To talk louder; to express your opinion boldly.
To demolish a building; to destroy someone's confidence or reputation.
To be easily noticed because of being different or excellent.
To continue doing something despite difficulties or fatigue.
To enter information into a computer or system.
To raise something, especially prices, or to lift a car with a jack.
To reduce speed or activity.
To reduce a list of choices or possibilities to a smaller number.
To become smaller, weaker, or less active.
To explain the reason for something; to represent a particular amount or part.
To introduce something new, like a product or service.
To give your opinion about something.
To end a romantic relationship; to divide into separate parts.
To destroy completely; to make someone very tired.
To become more talkative; to create new opportunities; to start operating.
To serve customers in a restaurant or store.
To improve a bad situation; to change direction.
To meet expectations or standards.
To reduce the price of something; to write something down.
To not attend something; to ignore someone deliberately.
To leave quickly to avoid a difficult situation; to help someone financially.
To be patient with someone or something.
To wear formal or fancy clothes; to make something look better.
To stay at the same level or pace as someone or something.
To become less angry, excited, or agitated.
To arrange people or things in a row; to organize or schedule.
To make an important discovery or overcome a barrier.
To think of an idea or solution.
To become equal or balanced.
To have enough energy or enthusiasm to do something.
To make something tidy; to improve a situation.
To record the time you arrive at work.
To surrender or stop resisting.
To become less hot; to become less angry.
To meet someone unexpectedly.
To handle or take care of a problem or situation.
To treat something as unimportant or not serious.
To agree with or support someone's idea.
To contact someone again or return to a previous topic.
To reduce the amount of something you do or consume.
To become happier or to make someone happier.
To investigate something thoroughly; to start eating enthusiastically.
To not include something or someone.
To complete something you started or promised to do.
To ignore or dismiss something as unimportant.
To start a computer system.
To stop thinking about something and continue with life; to go to the next thing.
To delay something; to remain strong under pressure; to rob someone.
To reveal information, usually something that should be kept secret.
To be easily noticed because of being different or better.
To make less progress than others; to fail to keep up.
To disappoint someone by failing to do what they expected.
To assist someone with a problem or task.
To fall asleep, especially when you're trying to stay awake.
To surrender or stop resisting; to submit something officially.
To become an adult; to mature emotionally.
To reduce speed or reduce the rate of activity.
To consider something carefully before making a decision.
To survive a difficult situation or help someone survive it.
To continue doing something; to maintain the same pace or level.
To do something wrong without being punished or caught.
To mention or draw attention to something important.
To start doing something new after finishing something else; to recover from a difficult experience.
To become calm and quiet; to start living a stable life.
To give or submit something to someone in authority.
To choose not to participate in something.
To wear formal or special clothes; to make something look better than it really is.
To stop operating; to close a business or system permanently or temporarily.
To use up all of something so that none is left.
To have a meal at a restaurant instead of at home.
To talk louder; to express your opinion courageously.
To investigate or research something thoroughly.
To end a phone call; to put clothes on a hanger.
To gradually disappear or become weaker.
To resemble a parent or relative in appearance or behavior.
To reverse direction; to improve a bad situation.
To gradually stop using or producing something.
To stay in a place longer than planned; to remain available.
To stop sleeping; to become aware of something important.
To arrive or appear somewhere, especially when expected.
A polite or gentle way to say that someone has died.
To become calm; to begin living a stable, more permanent life.
To arrange or organize something; to establish a business or system.
To draw attention to a particular piece of information.
To faint or lose consciousness.
To meet someone by chance; to encounter a problem.
To return money that you owe to someone.
To compensate for something bad or a mistake.
To go to an airport, train station, etc., to say goodbye to someone who is leaving.
To repeatedly criticize or bully someone, often unfairly.
To tolerate or accept something annoying or unpleasant without complaining.
To wait and be ready; to support someone loyally.
To discard something; to waste an opportunity.
To stop sleeping; to make someone stop sleeping.
To resemble a family member in appearance or behavior.
To stop the operation of something, especially a machine or computer; to close a business permanently.
To talk more loudly; to express your opinion boldly.
To put on clothing to see if it fits or looks good.
To return something; to cause something to return or be remembered.
To exercise; to solve a problem; to calculate.
To become damaged from use; to make someone very tired.
To explode; to inflate; to become very angry; to enlarge a photo.
To finally be in a place or situation, often unexpectedly.
To continue doing something; to behave in a silly or dramatic way.
To examine something; to pay for items and leave a store; to leave a hotel.
To behave badly or cause trouble.
To be careful; to look for danger.
To reduce the amount or number of something.
To visit someone informally and briefly.
To handle or manage a situation or person.
To close something with a zipper; to compress a computer file.
To stay at a distance from something; to prevent access.
To start doing something new after finishing something else; to stop thinking about the past.
To experience something difficult; to examine something carefully.
To disappoint someone; to lower something slowly.
To participate in an activity that others are already doing.
To complete a form by writing information in the spaces provided.
To survive a difficult or dangerous situation.
To become more talkative and honest; to create new opportunities.
To enter a computer system by providing a username and password.
To wait; to grip something tightly; to continue despite difficulties.
To recover from an illness or emotional upset; to overcome a problem.
To depend on someone or something for support or help.
To remain awake, especially later than usual.
To arrive or appear, especially when expected.
To continue with a plan or decision; to remain loyal to something.
To consider something carefully before making a decision.
To research or learn about a topic by reading.
To return something to its proper place; to save money.
To reduce speed; to become less active or busy.
To look after someone or something; to handle a responsibility.
To become quieter or less active; to make someone or something quieter.
To finally be in a particular place or situation, often unexpectedly.
To reduce the amount of something; to fell a tree with cutting tools.
To consume or finish all of something completely.
To solve a problem or understand something after thinking about it.
To mention a topic in conversation; to raise children.
To confuse one thing with another; to combine ingredients thoroughly.
To give something for free; to reveal a secret accidentally.
To return to a place you came from.
To change direction to face the opposite way; to improve a bad situation.
To fire employees due to economic reasons; to stop doing something harmful.
To make someone unconscious; to eliminate from competition; to impress greatly.
To finish something; to cover with paper or material.
To put things in boxes, bags, or suitcases for moving or traveling.
To reduce the number of possibilities or choices.
To contact someone, especially to offer help; to extend your arm or hand.
To register for something; to enlist or join.
To focus more closely on something; to enlarge a view on a screen.
To become warmer; to prepare for exercise; to make food hot again.
To deliver someone or something to a place; to fall asleep suddenly.
To become happier; to make someone feel happier.
To support someone; to make a copy of computer data; to move backward.
To make a place tidy; to improve one's behavior or life.
To think of an idea, plan, or solution.
To register at a hotel or airport; to report your arrival or presence.
To reach the same point or level as someone else; to do something you didn't have time for earlier.
To become relaxed or less excited; to make someone relaxed.
To cancel an event or arrangement.
To find something or meet someone by chance.
To make sense or seem reasonable; to calculate a total.
To explode; to inflate with air; to become very angry.
To rely on or trust someone or something.
To discover a piece of information.
To get out of bed; to stand up.
To make a short, informal visit without an appointment.
To break into pieces; to become emotionally unstable.
To interrupt a conversation; to move in front of another car abruptly.
To have a friendly relationship with someone.
To return to a place; to receive something you had before.
To do something again from the beginning.
To behave badly; to malfunction.
To explain the reason for something; to represent a particular amount or part.
To volunteer information or offer to help.
To take strong action to stop illegal or unwanted behavior.
To continue with additional action; to check on progress.
To prepare for something; to increase activity or intensity.
To meet someone by chance; to collide with something.
To ask several people the same question to gather information.
To remove everything from a place; to leave quickly.
To be patient and tolerant with someone or something.
To ignore or dismiss something as unimportant; to clean by brushing.
To record the time you arrive at work.
To decrease; to travel from a higher to lower place; to be passed down through generations.
To contribute money or help to something; to interrupt with a comment.
To expand into new areas or activities.
To continue doing something.
To accept and deal with a difficult truth or situation.
To provide missing information; to substitute for someone temporarily.
To handle or manage a situation or person.
To create a plan, contract, or list; to move closer.
To break into pieces; to become very emotional or unable to cope.
To visit someone informally for a short time, usually without an appointment.
To distribute things to a group of people.
To eliminate, discard, or free oneself from something or someone unwanted.
To stop having a close relationship with someone over time.
To do something again from the beginning.
To pursue or try to get something.
To have a meal in a restaurant instead of at home.
To start to love someone; to be deceived by a trick or lie.
To interrupt someone while they are speaking; to move in front of another car abruptly.
To decide that something is not possible or suitable; to eliminate.
To delay someone or something; to rob a place using threats or violence.
To feel happy and excited about something that is going to happen.
A polite or gentle way to say that someone has died.
To continue doing something, often despite difficulty.
To resolve small problems or difficulties.
To return money that you owe; to take revenge on someone.
To compensate for something bad with something good.
To end a phone call; to put something on a hook or hanger.
To behave in a way that is intended to attract attention and admiration.
To describe briefly the main points of something.
To continue with a plan or decision; to not change your mind.
To vomit; to suddenly quit something.
To relax and become less tense; to gradually end or decrease.
To become something different; to transform.
To separate something into pieces; to criticize someone severely.
To reduce speed; to become less active or intense.
To register for something; to enroll in a course or service.
To serve someone in a restaurant or store.
To heat something; to exercise before sports; to become more friendly.
To change direction to face the opposite way; to improve a bad situation.
To end a romantic relationship; to divide into smaller groups.
To record information on paper.
To finish something; to cover something completely.
To gradually disappear or become less intense.
To return something; to withdraw what you said; to accept someone again after rejection.
To consume all of something until there is none left.
To destroy a building; to remove something that is posted on a wall.
To clean completely; to destroy completely; to make someone very tired.
To mention something briefly in conversation or writing.
To consider something carefully before making a decision.
To become less serious or worried; to take things less seriously.
To make something stronger or more substantial.
To decide not to do something because you are too frightened.
To stop paying attention and think about something else.
To admit that you have done something wrong; to confess.
To be honest and direct with someone.
To gradually stop using or providing something.
To suddenly attack someone or something verbally or physically.
To focus all attention on one thing.
To move quickly from place to place.
To be an abbreviation of or a symbol for something; to support or believe in an idea; to not tolerate.
To eat a very large amount of food.
To think about something overnight before making a decision.
To use something so much that it becomes damaged and unusable; to make someone very tired.
To exercise, usually at a gym; to develop in a successful way; to find a solution.
To put on an item of clothing to see if it fits or suits you.
To use all of a supply of something, so that none is left.
To charge someone too much money for something; to cheat or swindle.
To meet someone unexpectedly.
To accept something that is not what you really want, but is the best available option.
To enter illegally; to interrupt; to wear new shoes until they become comfortable.
To become less hot; to become less angry or excited.
To increase gradually; to make someone feel more confident.
To accept and deal with a difficult or unpleasant situation.
To reduce the amount or number of something.
To improve or refresh your knowledge or skills.
To cancel a debt; to consider something as a loss or failure.
To not express your feelings, especially negative ones.
To start a computer.
To flatter someone to get something you want.
To finally be in a particular place or situation.
To have enough energy or enthusiasm to do something.
To put on formal or special clothes; to make something look more attractive.
To finish something; to cover something with paper or material.
To suddenly stop talking, especially when asked questions.
To prepare a written document; to move closer.
To take strong action to stop illegal or unwanted behavior.
To collapse inward; to give up and agree to something you were resisting.
To become less intense or stop gradually.
To fail to happen or be completed as planned.
To exchange something for money; to take advantage of an opportunity.
To visit someone casually without an appointment.
To stop working because of overuse; to become exhausted from overwork.
To complete a form by writing information in the spaces provided.
To not go to something you are supposed to attend; to ignore someone.
To complete something you have started; to do what you promised to do.
To become very angry or excited suddenly.
To experience something difficult; to examine carefully; to use up completely.
To surrender or stop resisting; to submit something officially.
To travel or move from place to place; to avoid a rule or problem.
To complete something difficult; to contact someone by phone; to survive.
To wait; to hold tightly; to continue despite difficulties.
To return to a place; to have known someone for a long time.
To proceed with something; to happen as planned.
To explode; to sound (alarm); to leave angrily; to spoil (food).
To board a vehicle; to have a good relationship; to continue.
To have a good relationship with someone.
To give something free; to reveal a secret accidentally.
To manage to survive or cope with limited resources.
To be enough for everyone; to circulate; to avoid something.
To leave a vehicle; to avoid punishment; to remove something.
To decrease; to descend; to be remembered in history.
To become very worried, frightened, or excited.
To become interested in or involved with something; to enter.
To recover from an illness or emotional problem; to cross something.
To prepare for something that requires effort or energy.
To become an adult; to develop and mature.
To return; to take revenge.
To make someone feel sad or depressed; to descend.
To match or complement something; to accept a suggestion.
To be as good as what was expected.
To not punish someone severely; to allow someone to leave a vehicle.
To start using a computer system by entering your username and password.
To understand or see clearly; to kiss passionately; to pretend.
To confuse one thing with another; to combine things randomly.
To think you are better than someone else; to despise.
To make a mistake; to make something dirty or disorganized.
To be careful and watch for danger; to search for something.
To spend time relaxing with friends in a casual way.
To participate in an activity that others are already doing.
To think about the past; to turn your head to see behind you.
To stop thinking about the past and focus on the future; to leave and go somewhere else.
To make someone unconscious; to eliminate from a competition; to impress greatly.
To stop using a computer system; to record someone's departure.
To allow someone to enter; to tell someone a secret.
To immediately have a good relationship with someone you just met.
To invent a story; to become friends again after arguing; to apply cosmetics.
To continue at the same pace; to maintain something.
To disappoint someone; to make something longer.
To prevent something from happening; to intercept.
To delay doing something; to resist or fight against someone.
To dismiss workers due to lack of work or money.
To prevent someone from entering by locking the door.
To do something more quickly; to encourage someone to be faster.
To wait; to grip something tightly.
To save something for later use; to not consider something temporarily.
To tolerate or endure something unpleasant.
To become calm and quiet; to start living a stable life.
To leave early or suddenly, often to avoid responsibility.
To stop operating or functioning; to close permanently.
To destroy an aircraft with weapons; to reject an idea strongly.
To survive a difficult or dangerous situation.
To reduce the number of possibilities or choices.
To leave suddenly, often to escape from something.
To hit someone or something with a vehicle; to exceed a time limit; to review quickly.
To save money or time for later use; to ignore differences.
To place something on a surface; to criticize someone; to euthanize an animal.
To mention or indicate something specific.
To faint or lose consciousness; to distribute something.
To sell all of something; to betray your principles for money or advantage.
To become more communicative; to start a business; to create opportunities.
To fall asleep, especially unintentionally.
To go with someone to the place where they are leaving from.
To repeatedly criticize or bully someone.
To connect someone's phone call; to make someone experience something difficult.
To accumulate money over time for a specific purpose.
To choose not to take advantage of an opportunity.
To behave in a silly way; to be sexually unfaithful; to experiment.
To mail something; to expel someone from a sports game.
To put things in boxes or bags; to stop doing something and leave.
To start a new hobby or activity; to use space or time; to make clothing shorter.
To put something in the trash; to waste an opportunity.
To make a place clean and organized.
To understand or absorb information; to make clothing smaller; to deceive.
To change direction and face the opposite way; to improve a bad situation.
To remove something; to subtract; to learn from an experience.
To increase effort or activity; to volunteer for responsibility.
To discuss something thoroughly before making a decision.
To resolve a problem or misunderstanding; to make something straight.
To resemble a family member in appearance or behavior.
To reduce the volume or intensity; to reject an offer or request.
To remove something from a high place; to write down information.
To be responsible for someone or something; to deal with a problem.
To remember something from the past.
To submit something; to go to bed.
To begin again from the beginning.
To test something to see if it works or if you like it.
To move or happen faster; to make something happen faster.
To talk more loudly; to express your opinion confidently.
To not go to bed at your usual time.
To resign from a position of authority.
To speak angrily to someone about something they did wrong.
To become something different; to change one thing to another.
To join together to work on something as a group.
To remove something; to go somewhere with someone socially; to get food from a restaurant.
To become warmer; to prepare for exercise; to become more friendly.
To leave a situation, especially when you disagree or are upset.
To be careful and alert for danger.
To end up in a situation; to make someone angry or excited.
To focus closely on something, especially with a camera or in viewing.
To relax after a period of activity; to gradually end.
To try to improve or fix something; to try to persuade someone.
To clean the inside of something; to eliminate completely; to make very tired.
To stop sleeping; to make someone stop sleeping.
To become aware of the truth about something; to become smarter.
To increase something, especially a price, sharply.
To behave in a playful and unserious way.
To talk in a very enthusiastic and knowledgeable way about a subject you are interested in.
To take advantage of a situation to make a profit, sometimes in an opportunistic way.
To make a living or a supply of something last with difficulty.
To encourage or urge someone to do something, especially something foolish or wrong.
To start working or studying hard.
To say something suddenly and without thinking, often something you should not have said.
To have a strong desire for something.
For a group of people to unite to attack or criticize one person.
To settle in a safe place for a period of time; to apply oneself seriously to a task.
To try to get information or a reaction from someone indirectly.
To try to increase interest or support for something.
To give or serve something, especially in large quantities; can also mean to criticize.
To resolve small problems or details in a plan or agreement.
To invent a story, plan, or excuse, often a dishonest one.
To accept or obey an agreement, rule, or decision.
To accept and deal with a difficult or unpleasant reality.
To waste time or avoid doing work or something you are supposed to be doing.
To avoid dealing with a problem or mistake by treating it briefly and superficially.
To gradually weaken and end in a disappointing way.
To behave in a way that shows you think you are superior to others.
To admit that you have done something wrong; to confess.
To have fun by behaving in a silly or playful way.
To reduce in degree, speed, or intensity.
To interrupt a conversation or activity in a rude way.
To attach oneself to someone; to adopt an idea with enthusiasm.
To talk or complain about something repeatedly in a boring or annoying way.
To become silent or refuse to speak, usually out of shyness or fear.
To reach an agreement or solution after a long and difficult discussion.
To fail to happen; to not be completed.
To give someone an excuse or an item of poor quality to get rid of them.
To be excessively obedient or respectful to someone in authority.
To have something as a main or essential part; to be summarized as.
To rely on something happening with certainty.
To try very hard to get something, often in competition with others.
To start dealing with someone or something much more strictly.
To review or improve your knowledge of something you've partly forgotten.
To expand or extend one's interests or business activities into new areas.
To attack or criticize someone fiercely.
To talk for a long time in a boring, monotonous way.
To accept or receive something with great enthusiasm.
To waste time, money, or energy on small, unimportant things.
To write something quickly.
To think or talk about something, especially something unpleasant, for a long time.
To give someone a lot of praise or attention in an excessive and insincere way to get their favor.
To rescue someone from a difficult situation, often with money.
To suddenly attack someone or something verbally or physically.
To get rid of or abolish something.
To defend oneself from an attack, criticism, or unwanted questions.
To be very lucky.
To examine something carefully in order to discover more information about it.
To give work to other people to do instead of doing it yourself; to subcontract.
To try to get something indirectly, by hinting or suggesting.
To make something stronger, more substantial, or more effective.
To be honest and direct with someone.
To give something, especially money, to someone reluctantly.
To last longer than necessary or expected.
To become less angry or excited; to become calm.
To gradually introduce something.
To succeed in doing something, but with difficulty and not very well.
To manage to live on a very small amount of money.
To decline or fail to take an opportunity.
To say or recite something quickly and effortlessly from memory.
To become less noisy or active.
To miss or long for someone or something very much.
To eat a very large amount of food.
To control or limit something that has become excessive.
To give out a punishment or harsh treatment.
To show support for a person or team.
To spend time doing things that are not serious or important; to be silly.
To cheat someone by making them pay too much for something.
To get through a task or amount of work with great effort.
To gradually become smaller, weaker, or less frequent and then stop existing.
To be good enough or meet the required standard.
To catch a fish and pull it towards you by turning the reel of a fishing rod; to attract customers or support.
To reduce a number to the nearest whole number or number ending in zero.
To emphasize something to make it seem more important.
To create something by joining separate parts; to understand a story by combining facts.
To discuss a subject with great enthusiasm and in extensive detail.
To try to find out someone's opinions or intentions.
To develop in a particular way; to succeed.
To accumulate or acquire something, such as points, profits, or debts.
To create a new, separate entity from a larger one; a byproduct.
To wait in a line (a queue) for something.
To dismiss someone from employment with a pension.
To examine or read something very carefully.
To treat something as unimportant and not worry about it.
To give someone a responsibility or problem that is difficult or unwanted.
To support something, either physically or financially.
To persuade someone to help with an activity or task.
To complain angrily about something.
To compromise one's principles for money or personal advantage; to sell all of an item.
For a quality or feeling to be transferred to someone through close contact.
To leave a place, especially by ship; to send goods to a place.
To make or find something quickly.
To survive a difficult period without suffering serious harm.
To make a choice from a range of possibilities.
To examine a person or situation carefully to form an opinion or judgment.
To think carefully about something for a long time.
To buy a large quantity of something to use in the future.
To gradually decrease in amount or intensity.
To end or to relax after a period of activity or excitement.
To focus all your attention on one thing.
To get rid of something, especially something bad, by taking strong action.
To prepare something for an event or action.
To give an opinion or join a discussion or argument.
To figure out or discover the truth about a person or situation.
To create or prepare something quickly; to deliberately try to make people feel a strong emotion.
To become quieter or less, and then stop.
To spend time in a relaxed way because you have nothing to do.
To report someone's bad behavior to a person in authority.
To start dealing with someone or something much more strictly.
To give or serve something, especially in large quantities; can also mean to criticize.
To take advantage of a situation to make a profit, sometimes in an opportunistic way.
To become silent or refuse to speak, usually out of shyness or fear.
To say something suddenly and without thinking, often something you should not have said.
To review or improve your knowledge of something you've partly forgotten.
To rescue someone from a difficult situation, often with money.
To expand or extend one's interests or business activities into new areas.
To examine something carefully in order to discover more information about it.
To make something stronger, more substantial, or more effective.
To try to get something indirectly, by hinting or suggesting.
To accept or obey an agreement, rule, or decision.
To interrupt a conversation or activity in a rude way.
To invent a story, plan, or excuse, often a dishonest one.
To have something as a main or essential part; to be summarized as.
To rely on something happening with certainty.
To try to get information or a reaction from someone indirectly.
To last longer than necessary or expected.
To fail to happen; to not be completed.
To defend oneself from an attack, criticism, or unwanted questions.
To think or talk about something, especially something unpleasant, for a long time.
To try to increase interest or support for something.
To talk in a very enthusiastic and knowledgeable way about a subject you are interested in.
To give someone a lot of praise or attention in an excessive and insincere way to get their favor.
To admit that you have done something wrong; to confess.
To try very hard to get something, often in competition with others.
To gradually weaken and end in a disappointing way.
To avoid dealing with a problem or mistake by treating it briefly and superficially.
To give something, especially money, to someone reluctantly.
To accept and deal with a difficult or unpleasant reality.
To encourage or urge someone to do something, especially something foolish or wrong.
To waste time, money, or energy on small, unimportant things.
To give work to other people to do instead of doing it yourself; to subcontract.
For a group of people to unite to attack or criticize one person.
To give someone an excuse or an item of poor quality to get rid of them.
To talk for a long time in a boring, monotonous way.
To get rid of or abolish something.
To make a living or a supply of something last with difficulty.
To waste time or avoid doing work or something you are supposed to be doing.
To reduce in degree, speed, or intensity.
To spend time doing things that are not serious or important; to be silly.
To be good enough or meet the required standard.
To suddenly attack someone or something verbally or physically.
To reach an agreement or solution after a long and difficult discussion.
To give out a punishment or harsh treatment.
To attack or criticize someone fiercely.
To be honest and direct with someone.
To be excessively obedient or respectful to someone in authority.
To talk or complain about something repeatedly in a boring or annoying way.
To succeed in doing something, but with difficulty and not very well.
To write something quickly.
To settle in a safe place for a period of time; to apply oneself seriously to a task.
To increase something, especially a price, sharply.
To start working or studying hard.
To have a strong desire for something.
To resolve small problems or details in a plan or agreement.
To have fun by behaving in a silly or playful way.
To behave in a way that shows you think you are superior to others.
To attach oneself to someone; to adopt an idea with enthusiasm.
To behave in a playful and unserious way.
To be very lucky.
To accept or receive something with great enthusiasm.
To give someone a responsibility or problem that is difficult or unwanted.
To develop in a particular way; to succeed.
To create a new, separate entity from a larger one; a byproduct.
To control or limit something that has become excessive.
To spend time in a relaxed way because you have nothing to do.
To reduce a number to the nearest whole number or number ending in zero.
To complain angrily about something.
To say or recite something quickly and effortlessly from memory.
To leave a place, especially by ship; to send goods to a place.
To examine a person or situation carefully to form an opinion or judgment.
To buy a large quantity of something to use in the future.
To figure out or discover the truth about a person or situation.
To support something, either physically or financially.
To dismiss someone from employment with a pension.
To get through a task or amount of work with great effort.
To emphasize something to make it seem more important.
To eat a very large amount of food.
To think carefully about something for a long time.
To prepare something for an event or action.
To compromise one's principles for money or personal advantage; to sell all of an item.
To manage to live on a very small amount of money.
To decline or fail to take an opportunity.
To gradually introduce something.
To end or to relax after a period of activity or excitement.
To become less noisy or active.
To persuade someone to help with an activity or task.
To show support for a person or team.
To make a choice from a range of possibilities.
To catch a fish and pull it towards you by turning the reel of a fishing rod; to attract customers or support.
To survive a difficult period without suffering serious harm.
For a quality or feeling to be transferred to someone through close contact.
To examine or read something very carefully.
To create or prepare something quickly; to deliberately try to make people feel a strong emotion.
To become less angry or excited; to become calm.
To discuss a subject with great enthusiasm and in extensive detail.
To make or find something quickly.
To try to find out someone's opinions or intentions.
To miss or long for someone or something very much.
To get rid of something, especially something bad, by taking strong action.
To accumulate or acquire something, such as points, profits, or debts.
To create something by joining separate parts; to understand a story by combining facts.
To give an opinion or join a discussion or argument.
To become quieter or less, and then stop.
To wait in a line (a queue) for something.
To focus all your attention on one thing.
To treat something as unimportant and not worry about it.
To gradually become smaller, weaker, or less frequent and then stop existing.
To gradually decrease in amount or intensity.
To report someone's bad behavior to a person in authority.
To cheat someone by making them pay too much for something.
to meet someone unexpectedly
to spend time relaxing with friends
to exercise or to solve a problem
to wear clothing or to start a device/show
to stop working properly or to analyze something in detail
to postpone or delay something
to activate or start a device
to have a good relationship with someone
to rise from bed or from a sitting position
to mention a topic in conversation
to reduce the amount of something
to deactivate or stop a device
to gradually stop or discontinue something
to expand into new areas or activities
to find something by chance
to explain or be the reason for something
to remove clothing or to leave quickly
to understand or solve something
to reach the same level or to get the latest information
to lift something or to collect someone/something
to perform or complete a task
to arrive or appear
to stop trying or to surrender
to anticipate something with pleasure
to search for information in a reference source
To anticipate something with pleasure; to be excited about a future event.
To mention a topic in conversation; to raise a child.
To reject an offer or request; to decrease the volume or intensity.
To recover from an illness, setback, or emotional distress.
To arrange or establish something; to prepare equipment for use.
To invent a story; to become friends again after arguing; to apply cosmetics.
To faint or lose consciousness; to distribute something.
To wait; to grip something tightly.
To cancel an event or arrangement.
To reduce the consumption of something.
To discover a piece of information.
To continue; to happen.
To have a friendly relationship with someone.
To examine something; to pay for items and leave a store; to leave a hotel.
To have a friendly relationship with someone.
To support someone; to make a copy of computer data; to move in reverse.
To arrive or appear, especially unexpectedly; to become visible.
To resemble a family member in appearance or behavior.
To continue; to happen; to talk for too long.
To reduce the consumption or amount of something.
To discover a piece of information or learn something new.
To examine something; to pay for items and leave a store; to leave a hotel.
To deliver someone or something to a place; to fall asleep suddenly.
To take control of something, like a company or a responsibility.
To admire and respect someone.
To consider something carefully before making a decision.
To finally be in a particular place or situation.
To think of an idea or plan.
To give or submit something to someone in authority.
To use up all of something so that none is left.
To tolerate or endure something unpleasant.
To complete a form by writing information in the spaces provided.
To solve a problem; to exercise.
To take care of someone or something.
To do something wrong or illegal without being punished.
To develop from a child into an adult.
To return to a place or person.
To establish or arrange something; to prepare equipment.
To meet someone unexpectedly; to crash into something.
To make something clean and tidy.
To raise a child; to mention a topic; to vomit.
To stop sleeping or to make someone stop sleeping.
To stop a machine or device; to make someone lose interest.
To search for information; to visit someone; to improve.
To remove clothing; to leave quickly; to become successful.
To continue doing something; to maintain pace.
To stop working properly; to analyze something in detail; to lose emotional control.
To stop trying or to surrender; to quit a habit.
To end a phone call; to put clothes on a hook.
To start a machine or device; to excite or interest someone.
To lift something; to collect someone/something; to learn quickly.
To leave home for entertainment; to stop working (light/fire); to date someone.
To wear clothing; to pretend; to gain weight.
To take a seated position.
To display proudly; to behave in a way to impress others.
To search for or try to find something/someone.
To handle or manage a situation or problem.
To perform or complete a task, plan, or order.
To rise from bed; to stand up.
To discard or waste something.
To go faster or make something happen faster.
To reduce speed or pace.
To become less angry, excited, or upset.
To reach the same level or position as someone else.
To reduce the amount of something; to chop down a tree.
To be completely destroyed by fire.