scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
scrap of cloth; odds and ends
from the beginning; from scratch
way; method; means; (technical) specification
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
note (letter) left behind; will
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
have to do; must; should; ought to
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
what time; (lit.) which hour
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
evil spirit (that can possess people)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to poke each other; to jab each other
(disreputable) recruiter of day laborers (labourers)
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
place to die; place of death
this (very thing); this precisely
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
drawing ability; skill at art
dictation; verbal statement
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
serious wound; serious injury
leaving; quitting; retiring
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as