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brandy

a strong alcoholic drink made from wine

brings about

to make something happen

calm/steady my _____

calm/steady my “nerves” (= make me less nervous)

gets across

to be communicated or understood; to succeed in communicating something

catch on

to become popular or fashionable

fix up with

provide somebody with something

wipe up

to remove a substance, usually liquid, with a cloth or something similar

wiped away

If you wipe away or wipe off dirt or liquid from something, you remove it, for example by using a cloth or your hand. He wiped away the blood with a paper napkin.

convict

convict somebody (of something): to decide and state officially in court that somebody is guilty of a crime

sentence

to decide and say officially what a punishment will be

prosecute

prosecute (somebody/something) (for something/doing something): to officially charge somebody with a crime in court