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stoke

/stōk/

verb

verb: stoke; 3rd person present: stokes; past tense: stoked; past participle: stoked; gerund or present participle: stoking

add coal or other solid fuel to (a fire, furnace, boiler, etc.).

"he stoked up the barbecue"

heat index

The heat index, also known as the apparent temperature, is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature. This has important considerations for the human body's comfort. When the body gets too hot, it begins to perspire or sweat to cool itself off.

catch

a hidden problem or disadvantage in an apparently ideal situation.

"there's a catch in it somewhere"

try hand at something

Attempt to do something for the first time, as in I thought I'd try my hand at snorkeling. This idiom uses try in the sense of “ascertain by experiment or effort,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.