Definitions

a mistake that completely spoils something:

to praise something or someone in a way that will influence peoples opinions; to make a person feel more confident:

to start to talk about a particular subject:

to prevent someone from leaving a room or building by locking the door:

to wake someone up by knocking on the door of their house or bedroom:

to try to find a piece of information by looking in a book or on a computer:

to improve or become more exciting:

the act of threatening someone with a gun in order to steal from them:

to learn a new skill or language by practising it rather than being taught it:

to gather something with difficulty:

to suddenly move your car sideways in front of another car that was in front of you, leaving too little space:

to make a sudden sideways movement in order to position your car in front of another car, not leaving a safe distance between the two vehicles:

to suddenly move your car sideways in front of another car that was in front of you, leaving too little space:

to stop eating or drinking something, usually to improve your health: