shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
farewell gift; parting gift; viaticum
to keep away; to keep at a distance
complete victory; winning a tournament with no losses
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
toxin; poisonous substance
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
filtration; filtering; percolation
paints; painting material
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
to happen to hear; to overhear
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
atelier; studio; workshop
alone; unaided; away from home
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings