pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
lovers; couple; soulmates; enthusiast; -aholic; -lover
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
investigation into historical evidence; study of historical artifacts
the current ...; this; today's ...
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
animated TV show; cartoon
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to join forces; to cooperate
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
sneaker; sneakers; trainers
library; book collection; paperback book
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
business; trade; operations; sales
wood-block printing; publication
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
deliverables; delivered product
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
opposite side; opposition
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism