gradually reduce the effectiveness or success of someone or something

damage or harm someone or something

a bad effect, lasting for a long time

go somewhere dangerous or exciting

a situation in which someone cannot leave a place

extreme tiredness

make something start

collect and organize information

be gifted with a quality or good characteristic

allow someone to take something from you

be suitable for

become less and less strong or important

become less and less strong

an action to prevent something happening or to have the opposite effect

a tendency to do things suddenly and without thinking about the possible results

cause problems that prevent something from happening normally

in the nearby area

neither very great nor very small

highly decorated with complex patterns

relating to literature

happen

cause something to be or become

no longer used because there is something newer and better

very detailed and containing a lot of features

coming before the main part

fill something with air or gas

expressed or understood without being said in words

expressed in an open way

not expressed directly but easy to understand from what someone says or does

imagine something happening in the future (***not to confuse with visualize = form a picture of someone in your imagination)

turn criticism or attention elsewhere

hit or be hit by something and change the direction in which something is moving

spread knowledge, ideas, information, etc.

spread ideas, knowledge, information, etc.

spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

essential

speed

a group of stars in the sky

a sudden increase

a large group of people or things

certain to work and never make mistakes

illegally copy documents, money, works of art, etc.

develop a strong relationship

pretend to feel something or have a quality

relevant to something

seen in many places

important and noticeable

give someone the right to do or have something

money given to people who are unemployed or poor

important, respected and admired

higher or more intense than usual

bring together information from different sources to form a list

examine and compare two things to find any connection between them

a force that causes something to happen or develop faster

much more than seems normal

give someone more (information, questions, etc.) than they can deal with

prevent someone from having something they need or should have

basic

want to achieve

put all the parts of something together

get more and more of something

the path of a moving object

a circular path around something

not moving

very strict

stiff and unable to bend

not currently active

pollute something by adding a chemical, waste, poison, etc.

whatever has to be done

not very common

very clearly

money that someone is legally obliged to pay another person as compensation

That's the end of it!

Isn't that surprising?

It requires considerable effort.

It's better than expected.

kill a large part of a plant, animal or human population

the action of slowing something down

balance the effect of something so that there is no advantage or disadvantage

likely to happen soon (of something bad)