Meanings
Readings
Common Words
to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to go on (for, until)
to be up to the task; to come up to
to compare with; to be a match (for)
to commit (a crime)
Usu. used in the negative
to require (to do)
Conjunction
and; as well as
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down
catching up; overtaking
reference; allusion
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to affect; to impact; to influence
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend; to have an effect (on)
After a verb
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary
After a noun
does not match; out of reach of
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