blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
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
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
to come in (of light); to shine in; to stream in; to pour in
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
along; parallel to; in accordance with
main bedroom; master bedroom
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
council; conference; consultation
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
voluntary singlehood (as a principle or creed); singlehood by choice
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
that is to say; so that means
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
box cutter; utility knife
to get high; to become inebriated
pattern paper (for dressmaking); stencil
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
to compose; to put together
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
finish; finishing; finishing touches