to persuade someone to accept something that is of a low quality, or different to what they really wanted:

to match or agree with something, or to think that one thing is acceptable together with another thing:

to not like something or someone:

If you agonize over/about something, you spend time worrying and trying to make a decision about it:

to start on a long or difficult journey in a determined way:

to accuse someone in public of doing something wrong:

to order a sports player to leave the playing area during a game because they have done something wrong:

to support the truth of something:

to share your feelings and secrets with someone because you trust them not to tell other people:

to need something to make a result happen:

to be forced to stop working because you have become ill or very tired from working too hard:

to melt fat in order to make it purer

to spend time with someone:

to become friendly with someone:

to make something more effective, or to increase the size or speed of something:

to point up above the surface of something and not lie flat:

to wash something with a large amount of running water:

to draw a line through something you have written, usually because it is wrong:

If an organization or system melts down, it loses its ability to operate in the way that it should:

to make something lower in level or amount: