to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
slope; slanting surface; bevel
fur; incrustation; limescale
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
retention; maintenance; preservation
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
overall; general; as a whole
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
colour; color; hue; tints
to cover fully; to wrap around
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
image; figure; figure; form; image
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
to keep standing; to stand motionless
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to melt together; to blend together
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with