pester
V n, V n prep, V n to-inf, also V
If you say that someone is pestering you, you mean that they keep asking you to do something, or keep talking to you, and you find this annoying.
mutter
V with quote, V about n, V to n, V
If you mutter, you speak very quietly so that you cannot easily be heard, often because you are complaining about something.
Mutter is also a noun.
brownie
Brownies are small flat biscuits or cakes. They are usually chocolate flavoured and have nuts in them.
The Brownies is a junior version of the Girl Guides in Britain for girls between the ages of seven and ten, or of the Girl Scouts in the United States for girls between the ages of six and eight.
A Brownie is a girl who is a member of the Brownies.
plague
Plague or the plague is a very infectious disease which usually results in death. The patient has a severe fever and swellings on his or her body.
A plague of unpleasant things is a large number of them that arrive or happen at the same time.
= epidemic
If you are plagued by unpleasant things, they continually cause you a lot of trouble or suffering.
consult
If you consult an expert or someone senior to you or consult with them, you ask them for their opinion and advice about what you should do or their permission to do something.
If a person or group of people consults with other people or consults them, they talk and exchange ideas and opinions about what they might decide to do.
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