to develop or come from something:

to give someone an untrue or unsatisfactory answer, or to give someone something that has no value in order to try to satisfy them and make them go away:

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

to consider or imagine an idea, subject, or plan, but not in a serious way:

to use or steal all of someones money or goods:

to pay someone else to do a job or part of a job that you have agreed to do:

to win a lot of money:

if property, shares, etc. vest in someone, they legally become theirs:

to stop someone from attacking or defeating you:

to cause a particular situation to happen:

to persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do:

to like a person or an idea very much:

to stop all travel or movement of vehicles in an area because of bad weather:

to hit and injure a person or animal with a vehicle, especially intentionally:

to reduce the amount, supply, or rate of something:

to search everywhere for someone or something until you find him, her, or it:

to become better:

to cause the amount, number, or value of something to increase or be reduced:

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

to keep something unpleasant or illegal secret or hidden: