Across
- 7. to throw something lightly or carelessly
- 8. impossible or very difficult to destroy
- 11. an insulting word for people from the country (with no experience of city life)who are considered to be stupid
- 13. to watch and check something over a period of time in order to see how it develops, so that you can make any necessary changes
- 14. to control an activity, process, or industry officially by using rules
- 15. a chemical containing fluorine commonly used in toothpaste to protect teeth from decay
- 17. to leave a mark that is difficult to remove on something; to be marked in this way
- 20. an amount of money that you have to pay, for example as a tax
- 22. to repeat or give a summary of what has already been said, decided, etc.
- 23. to keep something away, or to prevent it from entering something
- 25. a condition in which a part of the body has not developed in the usual way or does not have the usual shape
- 26. to be next to something or to have one side touching the side of something (of land or a building)
- 29. that cannot be proved wrong and that must therefore be accepted
- 33. to decide not to continue with a court case (idiom 4,1,4)
- 35. the grey powder that remains after something has burned
- 36. to catch somebody and prove they are guilty of a crime or of doing something bad (idiom 4,7)
- 37. to make a statement that something happened or that something is true, especially as a witness in court
- 40. to take milk from a cow, goat, etc.
Down
- 1. a small group of people who secretly work together to get power for themselves
- 2. to cheat somebody in order to get something, especially money, from them
- 3. to clean something by rubbing it hard, especially with a brush and usually with soap and water
- 4. a fierce written attack on someone or their work (idiom 1,7,3)
- 5. a substance that causes death or harm if it gets into the body
- 6. a short delay
- 9. poisonous and harmful to people, animals, or the environment
- 10. one of the two holes at the end of your nose
- 12. to try to hide evidence of something bad that you have done (idiom 5,4,6)
- 14. to break a promise, an agreement, etc.
- 16. to show or introduce a new plan, product, etc. to the public for the first time
- 18. to come to the point: to start talking about the most important thing (idiom 3,2,3,5)
- 19. a person who has been trained in the science of animal medicine, whose job is to treat animals who are sick or injured (also vet)
- 21. a small river or stream
- 24. is the state of being in a place or situation where there is no protection from something harmful or unpleasant
- 27. a person or organisation that is very important or successful
- 28. the feeling that you are going to vomit
- 30. a medical operation to remove a woman’s womb
- 31. to become white or pale by a chemical process or by the effect of light from the sun
- 32. to steal things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence
- 34. an area of land where large amounts of waste material are buried under the earth
- 38. industrial or human waste that has been treated
- 39. to pull something or someone suddenly with a lot of force