If someone or something grows on you, you like him, her, or it more and more than you did at first:

to give someone or something the same name as another person or thing:

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

to want something very much:

to not agree to something until you have got what you wanted:

to receive news about someone:

to hold or continue holding onto something:

to suddenly have strong romantic feelings about someone:

to explain the reason for something or the cause of something:

to have a strong wish for something, especially if you cannot or should not have it:

If you say that you can answer for someone or for a quality that they have, you mean that you know from experience that they can be trusted, or that they have that quality:

to go straight from one side of an area to another instead of going around:

to force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received:

to force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received:

to result in or make possible:

to suddenly tell or ask someone something when they do not expect it:

to produce a new idea or plan:

to order food that is ready to eat to be brought to your home or to the place where you work:

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

to hold onto someone and fight with them: