Posts made by Zipporah Schumaker

to leave a building in which you do not live or work, without anyone going to the door with you:

to beat an opponent, or to free yourself from someone or something that is limiting you:

to look at someone with sexual interest:

to make a mistake, or to cause someone to make a mistake:

to add liquid in order to fill to the top a container that is already partly full:

to fill a place with a smell, in an unpleasant way:

to improve a situation by making it less limited:

to send someone to another place:

to find and bring together a group of animals or people:

to continue doing a job or activity until it is finished, especially when it is difficult:

→  blather informal

If a disagreement or negative emotion simmers, it grows slowly stronger over a period of time and could become more serious at any moment:

the round hole at the top of a volcano , or a hole in the ground similar to this:

(of water) to move around very strongly or suddenly or to boil:

to deal with a difficult period or situation without becoming any less certain or determined in your plans or opinions:

to keep someone out or not include someone in an activity or arrangement:

a flat piece of wood or other hard material with a special pattern on it, used for playing games:

to record an amount that a customer has spent for them to pay at a later time, according to an agreement between a business and the customer:

to treat someone badly because you are upset or angry, even if they have done nothing wrong:

to be involved in an activity with other people: