Across
- 4. get involved in and try to influence a situation that should not really involve you, in a way that annoys other people
- 5. to ------ somebody to something = to let somebody find out about something by giving them experience of it or showing them what it is like
- 8. (in Buddhism and Hinduism) the sum of somebody’s good and bad actions in one of their lives, believed to decide what will happen to them in the next life
- 9. based on or containing facts
- 11. the punishment of being kept at school for a time after other students have gone home
- 13. having one or more blue, brown or purple marks on your skin after falling, being hit, etc.
- 16. deal successfully with something difficult
- 17. superficial
- 18. (usually of somebody’s face) very pale; without colour because of illness or fear
Down
- 1. unimportant matters, details or information
- 2. a person whose job is to cook, especially the most senior person in a restaurant, hotel, etc.
- 3. showing no feeling, understanding or interest
- 6. to officially prevent somebody from doing their job, going to school, etc. for a time, as a punishment
- 7. a metal device that people, especially children, wear inside the mouth to help their teeth grow straight
- 10. keep away from somebody/something
- 12. unable to feel, think or react in the normal way
- 14. making you feel upset, nervous or worried
- 15. an offensive word for a gay man