Posts made by Jessica

to help someone to work or operate normally through a difficult period, usually by lending them money:

to cause a loud noise or explosion, such as that made by a bomb or an alarm (= a warning sound) to begin or happen:

to destroy something completely, usually over a period of time:

to depend on something, or to need something in order to be successful:

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

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

to not include something or someone on a list:

to take from a person something that they are carrying, in a helpful or polite way:

to dress someone in special clothes, or decorate something for a special occasion:

to search for and discover something:

to take someone or something with you:

to criticize someone angrily:

If an unpleasant situation drags someone down, it makes them feel unhappy or ill:

to find something or someone after searching:

to force someone to become involved in an unpleasant or difficult situation:

to persuade someone to do what you want, often by deceiving them in a clever way:

to put someone in a position where there is risk or danger, esp. of criticism:

to force someone to become involved in an unpleasant or difficult situation:

to force someone to do something that they do not want to do, usually relating to politics:

If you do not know what has got into someone, you do not understand why they are behaving strangely: