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It's the same concept as the difference between throw and throw out: I threw the ball. The ball went through the air and is now some distance from me. I threw out the ball. …

But you'll probably hear/read these phrases used to describe either situation, there's not a lot of difference in meaning between them in many cases. This theory has yet to be proven. …

Up can be attached phrasally to quite a few verbs that aren't verbs of motion like walk, run, etc. Or you can consider it something like an adverb instead of a preposition. The meaning is one of em …

Which one do you like? should be used if whoever you are asking can choose only one of something. Which do you like? should be used if the person you are asking can choose one or more of something, o …

That's the difference between 1.3 and 2. …

There's not a big difference between those words. …

Conduct - to behave in a certain way. Usually used reflexively, e.g. "Conduct yourself in a professional manner." Operate - to use a machine or large tool correctly. This word will be used when A) …

A lot of people were killed in the war. A lot of people participated in the war and those people who participated were killed. This would typically included combatants and those in contact with …

X escorts Y when X travels with Y and remains with Y the entire time, to ensure Y makes it to Y's destination. It can sometimes carry the implication Y is required to go where X wants under threat of …

No difference in these examples. Start can be used with machines and engines to express the process of transitioning them from a non-running state to a running state. …

I think you understand things correctly. How is used to ask about the quality/degree of something, or the manner in which something was done. When you ask someone how is X, they may respond with a de …

To call X off means to stop X, possibly while it is in progress and usually temporarily. One calls off things like a major project or some other very involved process - or a dog or other attacker. I …

Grim means forbidding, uninviting, or depressing. Gloomy can mean dark in the sense of not being lit very well, often connoting or implying that it's scary or depressing. Grim doesn't usually specif …

Slice - Cut into thin strips. Can also mean to smoothly cut with a knife or blade, whether making cuts in something, or cutting completely through something. A graceful, fluid, thin movement through …

The context of your comment is likely a weather report. Weather reports (in the US at least) use the term high temperature as a fixed phrase that is a shortcut for "highest expected temperature of …