to wait or last until the end of a difficult event or situation:

to accept that an amount of money has been lost or that a debt will not be paid:

to get rid of something that you do not want any more:

to meet someone you know when you are not expecting to:

to prevent a person or organization from ending or changing an agreement or financial arrangement:

to formally give money or property to someone:

If something or somewhere is peopled by/with a particular type of person, it is filled with them:

If you whip someone into a particular state, you quickly and effectively cause them to be in that state:

to persuade someone to do something:

If you run an animal in a race, you cause it to take part:

being an amount of time that is less than average or usual:

to agree on a decision:

to be annoyed by something

to go in the direction of a place or thing:

to decorate a room or part of a house in a new way:

to quickly say or practise something:

to influence a person illegally, usually by offering them money or threatening them:

If you thank someone for something, you mean that they are responsible or to blame for it:

to force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received:

to defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked: