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Break off
to end a relationship
Build up
to make something develop or form
Cloud
to make a subject or problem more difficult to
understand or deal with, especially by
introducing unnecessary ideas
Cut off
to stop having a friendly relationship with
someone
Develop
to grow or change into something bigger,
stronger, or more advanced
Disrupt
to prevent something from continuing in its
usual way by causing problems
Encourage
to help something to happen
Establish
to begin a relationship with someone that
will continue
Impair
to damage something or make it not as
good as it should be
Improve
to make something better
Jeopardize
to risk losing or spoiling something
important
Maintain
to make something continue in the same
way as before
Promote
to help something to develop or increase
Restore
to bring back a positive feeling that a
person or people felt before
Resume
to start doing something again after
stopping or being interrupted
Sever
to end a relationship with someone,
especially because of a disagreement
Sour
to become unfriendly or unfouvorable
Spoil
to have a bad effect on something so that
it is no longer enjoyable
Strengthen
to make something better or more
powerful
Amicable
relationship in which people feel friendly
towards each other and do not want to
quarrel
Close
people that like or love each other very
much
Cool
behaving in a way that is not as friendly as
you expect
Stormy
full of angry feelings
Excellent
extremely good or of very high quality
Strained
not relaxed, natural, or friendly