in rugby , to block a ball that has been kicked with your body or arms:

to do something that makes someone, esp. yourself, seem ridiculous:

in relation to someone or something:

to be the same in amount, number, or size:

to experience a problem when you are not expecting to:

to obey someone completely:

to give help to or care for someone, for example someone who is ill:

to force someone to accept an idea, opinion, or principle:

If writing or information refers to someone or something, it relates to that person or thing:

to be a member of a group or organization:

to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date:

If someone with a responsible job such as a doctor or lawyer is struck off, they are officially not allowed to continue in that work because of having done something seriously wrong:

a part of an object designed for holding, moving, or carrying the object easily:

to aim a weapon directly at something or someone:

When snakes and other reptiles slough off their skin, they get rid of an old, dead layer of skin.

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

the outer or furthest point of something:

the point just before something very different and noticeable happens:

to remove an amount of something by cutting it:

the outer or furthest point of something: