Don't ..... the washing machine, or it won't get the clothes clean.

They don't seem to grasp the .... of the problem.

continuing to exist or develop, or happening at the present moment

It is not true that eating garlic ..... mosquitoes.

Many parents feel .... to talk openly with their children.

.... the cut/wound thoroughly before you bandage it.

We had to act quickly to .... disaster.

The debate about food safety has .... the whole nation.

Heavy snow was a contributing ..... in the accident.

the process of leaving a country permanently and going to live in another one

the process of people travelling to a new place to live, usually in large numbers

happening one after the other without any break

The government is spending millions of dollars in its attempt to .... drug abuse.

the act of someone coming to live in a different country

the action or process of successfully joining or mixing with a different group of people

simple and often rough in appearance; typical of the countryside

The theatre managed to .... its audiences by cutting ticket prices.

involving doing or saying the same thing several times, especially in a way that is boring

I really must .... myself more in meetings.