English Words: T

To punish someone according to one's own idea of justice, without consideration for the role of law enforcement authorities.

To become the leader, to advance into first place.

To act on one's own authority, without asking for permission.

To evaluate something in terms of its expected long-term results rather than its immediate state.

Synonym of take matters into one's own hands.

To interpret someone's argument.

To ridicule or mock.

To tease, ridicule or mock (someone).

To promise to abstain from alcohol.

To begin any major commitment.

To agree with what a person says, to be persuaded by their arguments.

To travel on an airplane all night.

To perceive the world in its previously unknown, usually harsher, reality.

Synonym of take control.

To be easily deceived, credulous, superficial.

To enlist as a soldier in the British army or navy by accepting a shilling from a recruiting officer.

To testify as a witness in a trial.

To act in a balky and uncooperative manner.

To make a series of political speeches, especially to promote a particular cause.

To volunteer to spend one's time (for a purpose or beneficiary).

To retire into a convent and live as a nun.

To attend a spa with waters believed to offer healing qualities, such as mineral waters and (especially) hot springs.

To listen more carefully or pay closer attention.

To be in control of the steering wheel of a vehicle or a vessel.

To discourage someone greatly; to cause someone to lose hope or the will to continue; to thwart or minimize someone's ambitions.

To misunderstand (something), especially in a case of mistakenly regarding someone's behavior or remarks as offensive or hostile.

To require a comparatively long period of time.

To seize an opportunity quickly before it is no longer available.

To temporarily suspend an activity in order to do something else.

To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.

To take something seriously; to internalize or live according to something (e.g. advice.)

To become bedbound due to sickness or infirmity.

To leave, especially to flee or run away.

To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions.

To utterly trust, believe, or rely on.

To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc.

To never reveal (a secret).

To flee or vanish; to run away.

To make something progress.

To gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.

To marry (a specific woman).

Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately.

To take offense.

To bring to insolvency; to drive (a business) into financial distress.

To take under one's wing.

Alternative form of take-up.

To request and receive money or goods of value from members of a group, especially for a charitable purpose.

To support, as in an argument; to defend the stance or character of.

To begin living in a place.

To accept a challenge.