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

to deal with a difficult or powerful person or thing:

to use something, especially a form of financial support, when other things have failed:

to say something forcefully and repeatedly to someone so that they remember it:

to teach something to someone by repeating it many times:

to try to make someone like you and treat you well by behaving in a way you think will please them:

to not care seriously about someone or about their feelings, especially during a romantic friendship

to find out what someone thinks about something:

to start at the top of a system, organization, etc. and spread to all of it:

If glass or something with a glass or similar surface steams up, it becomes covered with a thin layer of water caused by steam touching it, and if you steam it up, you cause this to happen:

to improve a skill, especially when you have allowed it to become less good over a period of time:

If someone cheers up, or something cheers someone up, they start to feel happier:

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

to change and become someone or something different, or to make someone or something do this:

to give something you own as part of your payment for something you buy, especially a new type of the same thing:

to add excitement or interest to a speech, story, or performance:

to put liquids or food into bowls:

to destroy something or kill someone with a bomb, or to be destroyed or killed by a bomb:

to send someone to prison:

to make something more interesting or attractive: