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He pushed the lever into the "on" position and started the machine.

Pour the honey into the bowl and mix it thoroughly with the other ingredients.; Would you like me to pour you some more wine?; After four minutes, pour the pasta into a colander to drain; I could hear the champagne fizz as he poured it into my glass.

Pour the sugar into the bowl; Would you like me to pour you some coffee?

The bus was pouring out thick black exhaust fumes.; The government has been pouring money into inefficient state-owned industries; Refugees have been pouring into neighbouring countries; Water poured into the basement;

When the movie ended, the crowd poured into the street.

You’d better take an umbrella – it’s pouring out there; It looks as though it's about to pour (with rain); I was standing in the pouring rain for an hour waiting for my bus.

My husband's always arguing with my father, and I'm the one who has to pour oil on troubled waters.

Critics of the president have been pouring scorn on the plan ever since it was first proposed.

She has nothing but scorn for the new generation of politicians. Why do you always pour/heap scorn on my suggestions? You scorned all my suggestions.

a scornful look/remark/laugh/tone; They are openly scornful of the new plans.

Her belongings were scattered in various heaps around the room.; Put the vegetable peelings on the compost heap; There was an enormous heap of junk mail lying on the doormat when we got back; He heaped more food onto his plate.

Isako is making heaps of money now that she’s in business for herself.

The woman staggered and collapsed in a heap; The bullet hit him and he crumpled into a heap on the floor.

After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help; When he hit his head on a shelf, it momentarily staggered him; She staggered out of bed to answer the phone.

to walk or move awkwardly, as if you have lost your balance, or to cause someone to move awkwardly or to lose his or her balance

He staggered all his colleagues by suddenly announcing that he was leaving the company at the end of the month.

Some countries have staggered school holidays so that holiday resorts do not become overcrowded; If the start of a race is staggered, the competitors start at different times or in different positions.

to arrange events or schedules so that they happen at different times, or to arrange objects so they are not regular

Utilities companies will allow customers to stagger payments when they have bills they cannot pay.; Over half of American firms stagger the election of board members, so that the whole board is not replaced at once.

I've got a whole heap of work to do.

He deals well with all the criticism heaped on him.

He spends every lunchtime pouring out his emotional problems to me and expects me to find a solution.

a cardboard box; She packed the books in a cardboard box.

I've never enjoyed his plays - somehow all his characters are cardboard.

stiff cardboard; This hair spray has made my hair stiff; Mix the powder and water into a stiff paste

The handle on this door is rather stiff.

I'm a bit stiff after that run yesterday; He was unable to turn his head because of a stiff neck.

There has been stiff opposition/resistance to the proposed tax increases.; Some colleges have stiffer entry requirements than others; It's a stiff climb to the top of the hill; The penalties for corruption are stiff.

Companies sometimes pay a stiff price for switching CEOs; The minimum investment is a stiff $25,000

I got frozen stiff waiting at the bus stop; I was scared stiff when I heard someone moving around upstairs; I was scared stiff during the air raids.

I’m just a working stiff; You lucky stiff!

She stiffed the taxi driver.

A stiff wind beat against the house.

He was taught to keep a stiff upper lip, whatever happens; They do not like to admit it and there is a lot of stiff upper lip, but many of our colleagues are hurting.

I spilled coffee on my silk shirt; He dropped a bag of sugar and it spilled all over the floor; Crowds of fans spilled onto the field at the end of the game; Don't fill your glass too full or you'll spill it;

a fuel spill on the road; Could you wipe up that spill, please?; In 1989, there was a massive oil spill in Alaska.

The Premier will keep his job despite backbencher attempts to initiate a spill.

Jockey Luis Ortega suffered a broken ankle in a spill at Hollywood Park yesterday.

So who spilled the beans about her affair with David?; We’ll all be there at 6 for the surprise party – now don’t spill the beans!

All the shopping had spilled out of my bag; The contents of the truck spilled out across the road; People were spilling out of the wine bar onto the street.

All his resentment spilled out.; I listened quietly as she spilled out all her anger and despair.

I try not to let my work spill over into my life outside the office.; The conflict threatens to spill over into neighbouring regions.

The talks between the two leaders look likely to spill over into the weekend.

Why do people take part in these shows and spill their guts on camera in front of a studio audience?