to give up or stop a habit or a regular activity:

Someone or something is devoid of something when it is completely lacking:

to fail to do as much work or pay as much money as you should by a particular time:

to prevent something or someone from entering a place:

to force someone to stop taking part in an activity :

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:

to cause you to remember that something is connected to you in some way:

to direct all your attention towards a particular thing:

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

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

the outer or furthest point of something:

to make someone say things they do not want to by hitting them:

to try and get information from someone that they are trying to keep secret:

to get something from someone with difficulty, especially information or money:

to tell someone about something that is secret, or to allow someone to become involved in something that only very few people are involved in:

to leave a wife, husband, or partner in order to have a sexual or romantic relationship with someone else:

to give someone a lot, or too much, of something:

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

to spend a lot of time with someone:

to steal something or take something without asking permission: