to sit down suddenly and heavily, or to put an object or child down suddenly and without taking care:

to stop feeling angry or to stop someone else feeling angry after an argument:

to make someone become excited or angry:

to make something decrease or get worse:

to make a person feel worried and unhappy because of problems, responsibilities, and duties:

If a decision or vote goes against someone, they do not get the result that they wanted:

to secretly tell someone in authority, especially a teacher, that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble:

by using or taking advantage of someone or something else:

to do something that you have intended to do for a long time:

To attach a particular quality to something is to consider it to have that quality:

to suddenly change into something powerful or exciting:

to give up or stop a habit or a regular activity:

to fail to do as much work or pay as much money as you should by a particular time:

a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving:

a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving:

to use something, especially a form of financial support, when other things have failed:

to continue to be informed about something:

to tell someone about something that is secret, or to allow someone to become involved in something that only very few people are involved in:

to become friendly with someone:

If a rule or situation allows of something, it makes it possible: