to show support for someone who is doing something difficult:

to expect something to happen and make plans based on it:

to give more details about something said or written:

to make someone gradually stop using something that is bad for them:

to stop something touching or harming someone or something:

to not tell someone about something:

If someone with a responsible job such as a doctor or lawyer is struck off, they are officially not allowed to continue in that work because of having done something seriously wrong:

to help or make life better for someone by taking something unpleasant away from them:

If people spill out of a place, large numbers of them come out of it:

to produce something to sell to the public:

to make someone feel tired and less able to deal successfully with a situation:

to remove a small amount of liquid from a larger amount, especially by allowing it to flow through a pipe:

to spend time relaxing and doing very little:

to force someone to leave a job or a place:

to prevent someone or something from doing something:

to make someone gradually stop using something that is bad for them:

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

to make someone behave in a particular way:

to give someone responsibility for dealing with something:

If you take words, information, or ideas from another person or piece of work, you use or develop them in some way: