to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
walking briskly; determinedly
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
pigment; paint; colour; color
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
to look around; to look towards (us)
wandering; rambling; roaming
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
picture drawn on a folding screen
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
personal (employee); employed; retained
pair (esp. of folding screens)
dark (color); concentrated; thick
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
whole story; full picture; full particulars
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
archipelago; group of islands
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe