Across
- 2. encouragement of something to make it develop or become more active
- 4. information or statements of opinion about something, such as a new product, that can tell you if it is successful or liked
- 5. to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people
- 8. extremely funny and causing a lot of laughter
- 12. except or unless a particular thing happens
- 13. a large area of land in the country that is owned by a family or an organization and is often used for growing crops or raising animals
- 15. intended as a punishment
- 17. to improve or increase something
- 19. a girl or woman who during the marriage ceremony helps the woman who is getting married
- 20. a meeting, especially one that happens by chance
Down
- 1. to travel to places by getting free rides from drivers of passing cars
- 3. making you feel frightened or nervous
- 6. a device that is used to recharge a battery (= fill it with electricity), for example in a mobile phone
- 7. a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population
- 9. a person or organization that owns a building or an area of land and is paid by other people for the use of it
- 10. a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form
- 11. strongly felt and sincere
- 14. someone, especially a child, who is walking or doing something too slowly
- 16. someone who affects or changes the way that other people behave. A person who is paid by a company to show and describe its products and services on social media, encouraging other people to buy them
- 18. a formal agreement or promise between two or more people
