to gain support or energy from something, often negative; to be sustained by
получать поддержку или энергию от чего-то, часто негативного; быть поддерживаемым чем-то (poluchat' podderzhku ili energiyu ot chego-to, chasto negatyvnogo; byt' podderzhivayemym chem-to)
"The tabloids feed on celebrity scandals to boost their sales."
"Таблоиды питаются скандалами с знаменитостями, чтобы увеличить свои продажи." (Tabloidy pitayutsya skandalami s zameenitostyami, chtoby uvelichit' svoi prodazhi.)
Refusing to answer a question
to be more advanced or prepared than others
to criticize someone or something angrily
to spend time with someone socially
to emphasize something; to make something more noticeable
to appear or seem to be something
