Posts made by Greta

to consider the effect something or someone will have:

If you cut through something difficult that usually causes problems, you quickly understand it or deal with it so that it does not cause problems for you:

If an animal preys on another animal, it catches and eats it:

to start doing something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm:

to say that someone is similar to or has the same qualities as someone else:

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

to make someone buy or accept something that is not of a good quality or not what they really wanted:

If a quality is knocked out of someone, they lose that quality because the situation they are in does not allow it to exist:

to stop talking or making a noise, or to make someone do this:

something you say to tell someone to listen or to become involved when they have not been listening or paying attention:

to cause damage to a place or to harm a person:

to add an extra part or feature:

an attempt to prevent the public from discovering information about a serious crime or mistake:

to make a person unable to move by tying a rope or something similar around their body or part of their body:

to encourage someone to show more effort or enthusiasm

If you smoke out an animal or person that is hiding, you force them to leave the place where they are by filling it with smoke:

If the picture or sound of a film or recording fades out or someone fades it out, it becomes gradually weaker.

to fill something with air:

to send a letter or an e-mail message to make a request or a statement, esp. to an organization or business:

to knock someone to the ground by running into them :