to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster

to increase a lot and suddenly in number

to be likely to behave in a particular way or have a particular characteristic

to be enough

to leave somewhere or someone suddenly

to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will earn money

in a very beautiful way that people admire

A compliment or praise

a person who is employed in another person's house, doing jobs such as cooking and cleaning, especially in the past

unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way

a mark with no particular shape that is caused, usually by accident, by rubbing something such as ink or a dirty finger across a surface

someone who establishes an organization

a very strong wind

the covering made of soft, smooth threads that surrounds and protects particular insects during the pupa stage as they develop into adult form

seeming to be everywhere

to go with someone or to be provided or exist at the same time as something

to look at something or someone carefully in order to discover information, especially about their quality or condition

to push a finger or other pointed object quickly into someone or something

to do something as promised or intended, or to satisfy your hopes or expectations

embarrassment and the loss of other people's respect, or behaviour that causes this

to give freedom or free movement to someone or something

to make a very strong and urgent request

to make someone familiar with new conditions

with too much decoration or detail

a man who is about to get married or has just got married

the most important or serious part of a matter, problem, or argument

to walk slowly and with difficulty because of having an injured or painful leg or foot

money that you are given regularly, especially to pay for a particular thing

a situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered

a round handle, or a small, round device for controlling a machine or electrical equipment

something that is used to support or connect things, or to make something stronger

being a small remaining part or amount

a wide smile

to (cause something or someone to) move suddenly and violently

an obvious difference between two or more things

to follow someone or something, usually to try to catch him, her, or it

to consider or have an opinion about something or someone

to represent a quality or an idea exactly

a large group of things or people, especially one that is attractive or causes admiration or has been positioned in a particular way

an unwillingness to do something

to become physically separated from something, or to make two things become physically separated

Rhetorical speech or writing is intended to seem important or influence people

to combine two or more separate things, especially pieces of text, to form a whole

to spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people

the leading or controlling position

to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something

If a flag, sail, or banner unfurls, it becomes open from a rolled position, and if you unfurl a flag, etc., you make it do this

a strip on the surface of something that is a different colour from the surrounding surface

to crush something into a flat shape

(knowledge from) an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts

with a pleasant smell

a pleasant natural smell

a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a cut or for taking a small amount of substance from a body, or the substance itself that can then be tested

to pull something, especially with a sudden movement, in order to remove it

a large increase in activity or in the level of something

a smell, often one that is unpleasant

(an example of) spoken or written statements that something is true, especially those given in a law court

the freedom to live as you wish or go where you want

the people who will exist in the future

to break or act against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated with respect

to step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury

to very much respect and admire someone or something

to pronounce "s" and "z" sounds like "th"

(especially of a priest or minister in a church) to give a religious speech

to announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive

to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person

a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated unfairly

If a government repeals a law, it causes that law no longer to have any legal force.

too bad or unpleasant to deal with or accept

to spread beliefs or ideas among a lot of people

to put something into action, especially to make something law

to change the words of a text, especially a law or a legal document

a successful way of curing an illness or dealing with a problem or difficulty

unsuccessful or showing no activity or development

very ordinary and therefore not interesting

able to change or be changed easily according to the situation

the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields, or the activity of cutting and collecting them, or the crops that are cut and collected

able to be made, done, or achieved

to name things separately, one by one

making people feel sympathy

not in use any more, having been replaced by something newer and better or more fashionable

to take a slight and not very serious interest in a subject, or try a particular activity for a short period

to make a substance flow from a container, especially into another container, by raising just one side of the container that the substance is in

If a place is teeming, it is full of people

a chemical substance in the form of a powder or a liquid for removing dirt from clothes, dishes, etc.

not intended

causing disagreement or discussion

a group of sheep, goats, or birds

to surprise someone very much

a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information for it

to laugh at someone or something in a way that shows you think they are stupid or of no value

too big and taking up too much space

the most successful or admired part of a system or achievement

to (cause to) move into a sloping position

to increase

to pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some problem

to make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with it

connected with what is happening or being discussed