You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.

A skilled person who made saggars by hand, using the thumb to make a neat join between the side and the bottom.

(transitive, idiomatic) To do (a task) quicker or easier. / (transitive, idiomatic) To deal with or overcome (someone or something) quickly and without difficulty.

(intransitive, idiomatic) To be sensible, coherent, reasonable. / (intransitive, idiomatic, with of) To decipher or understand.

(chiefly US) An activity or task assigned or undertaken for the sake of activity or busy-ness, rather than because of a particular need.

(idiomatic, childish) To pretend or imagine.

The act of pretending that what is imaginary is real.

imaginary; conjured in someone's imagination, especially when imagined by a child

(idiomatic) To repair a relationship; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.

(Britain, idiomatic, transitive) To do badly; to make a mess of.