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Much better with the examples! If I was going to describe how you are measuring your example, I would say the following - Find the shape's greatest distance from one point to another then divide that …

They are orthogonally adjacent to the red square. The green squares at the corners of the red square are diagonally adjacent. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/164704/is-there-one-word-for-b …

It's hard to find a perfect fit. You could say, "We pour, from an exaggerated height, the hot tea into the glass with the sugar." Exaggerated height in this case would simply mean a height gre …

Spinning Your Wheels is used to indicate your efforts are not yielding results. This is a reference to a vehicle's tires spinning but failing to find adequate traction to move the vehicle.

Almost. Get out of my sight, means get away from me. It means you want the other person to remove themself from your presence. In AmE we would be more likely to say You are in my line of sight, mea …

In the U.S. we refer to people who do bad things to children as predators. The term is also used to refer to anyone who takes advantage of someone weaker or more desperate than themselves. So you mig …

You are looking for the word "Lather", used as a verb. Often in spoken AmE "up" is included after. Lather up my back. If you are talking specifically about soaping someone's hair you would use, …

An emotionally evocative movie, one that makes you cry, could be said to Tug at your heartstrings. The only time I've ever heard an English speaker mention heartstrings is to let me know something em …

You can express what you are trying to express but you would not express it as you have. Since putting a knife in your mouth and using that knife to cut a rope is not a common situation, you will nee …

The general term for people who take hostages is hostage-takers. See Michael Harvey's comment for additional examples. The sentence below would be very common in a news article covering the hostages …

The verb you are looking for is scrub. "I used some detergent and scrubbed them by hand."

To hold something in the manner of your drawing is called cradling. If I wanted to tell someone to do what I see in your drawing I would say, Hold your arms so you can cradle the ball as you catch it. …

The word delegate specifically concerns responsibility. As a noun a delegate is a person to whom a responsibility has been transferred. As a verb it means to transfer responsibility. So Mike delega …

When I was child and used coloring books, the word used to describe coloring outside the lines was scribbling. I can't find a definition that says scribbling is coloring outside the lines, but that's …

You included the answer in your question. I pulled (or ripped) the layers of the cardboard apart [from each other]. It is concise and I will know exactly what you mean.