to train; to teach; to educate; to acquire (information); to learn; to cram; to stock; to stock up on; to prepare (esp. ingredients for brewing); to insert; to build into; to fit
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to catch on to; to learn; to digest; to engulf; to swallow up; to be filled with (people); to be crowded; to hold back from saying something; to swallow (one's words)
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge; to lodge (objections); to request (an interview); to subscribe for; to book; to reserve