processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
feeling; sense; impression
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
powerful person; influential person
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
to be discordant; to have discord
rather; sooner; preferably
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to come for the first time; to become for the first time
frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)
to hang (something) on the wall
to paint (draw) a picture
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; desire to paint
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
the more one looks (at it) the more...
to take to task; to take it out on
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
(only) one option; one possible choice
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
attentive; scrupulous; tactful; tasteful; smart
to show up; to appear; to turn up
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
higher rank; better position
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to surge; to well up; to gush out