Voc in use 94

Hiding on ship, plane or other from of transport

To stow away

Gradually destroying

To whittle away

working hard

to slog away

pouring with rain

It's pelting down

Making less intellectually demanding

To dumb down

Make it seem less important

To play it down

Passed on secret information

To tip someone off

fell asleep

Dozed off

Lose its effect

To wear off

hurry

Step on it

provide

To lay on

to become popular

to catch on

Lost my courage and decided not to do it

To bottle out

persevere with it

to stick it out

to organise

to sort out

Occurred

Cropped up

Keep feelings hidden

To bottle them up

Becoming less intense

To ease up

organise

to sort out

a piece of information given by a secret informer

tip-off

look at him having a doze

a sleep

people trying to travel illegally by finding a hiding place on some means of transport

stowaways

hard work

a slog

a number of instances appearing suddenly and at more or less the same time

a crop of

comfortable, relaxed

at ease

have had enough of conferences

conferenced out

rose at great speed

rocketed off

cover with tiles

tile up

occupied themselves on the internet continuously

surfed away