Posts made by Agnes

to go to the door of the building with someone who does not live or work there, when they are leaving:

to make a person or animal healthier or fatter by giving them a lot of food:

in the game of cricket, to make someone have to leave the cricket field by hitting the wicket (= three vertical sticks) behind them with the ball

to meet or begin to work with another person or organization:

to fasten a piece of clothing by using its zip, or to help someone close the zip on a piece of clothing they are wearing:

to cause something to be blocked so that it does not work in the way it should:

to increase or become larger or stronger, or to cause someone or something to do this:

to make someone experience something unpleasant or difficult:

to open the lock on the door of a building:

to avoid someone or something that seems unpleasant, dangerous, or likely to cause problems:

If ink, paint, etc. smudges or if someone smudges it, it becomes dirty or not clear because someone or something has touched it:

to say something that does not have much meaning:

to cut something using a scythe

to get information about something because you want to know more about it, or to learn a fact or piece of information for the first time:

to produce something to sell to the public:

to count coins or notes one by one as you put them down:

to stop, or to stop doing something:

to make someone go away from somewhere:

If someone is weaned on something, they have learned about and been influenced by it when young:

to make someone gradually stop using something that is bad for them: