thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
craftsman; skilled artisan
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
minute adjustment; fine tuning
long slits (esp. of eyes)
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
master craftsman; skillful worker
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
all times and places; all ages and countries
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
Song of Solomon (book of the Bible); Song of Songs; Canticle of Canticles
pretext; pretense; pretence
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard