secrecy; highly classified information
to treat; to feast; to provide dinner for
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
item; article; dish; course; finest item
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
powerful person; influential person
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
to be discordant; to have discord
rather; sooner; preferably
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
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
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
attentive; scrupulous; tactful; tasteful; smart
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune