in a business letter, a number that tells you who to speak to or where to look for more information:

If a problem or subject cuts across different groups of people, all of those groups are affected by or interested in it:

to leave someone you are having a relationship with or something you are responsible for, without warning and usually causing problems:

to entertain people, especially at a meal, by telling them about an experience you have had:

to be familiar with something or someone:

to make someone unhappy or cause someone to be in a bad state or situation:

to spend a lot of time alone, not talking to other people very much:

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

to give someone a sudden shock that forces them to act:

to defeat someone in a competition:

to avoid becoming involved in something, or to stop someone or something becoming involved in something:

to take something without getting permission from the owner first:

to accept and support a plan or suggestion:

to take something into consideration; to plan for something:

to make someone say things they do not want to by hitting them:

to praise a person or an achievement by comparing them to someone or something very good:

the outer or furthest point of something:

to get something from someone, by being kind and patient, or by appearing to be:

the outer or furthest point of something:

the outer or furthest point of something: