soot-colored bamboo (coloured); bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
(not) so much; (not) that much
brush cleaner; brush cleaning; brush washing; writing brush washer
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
doctors; teachers; lawyers
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
light color; light colour
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
one edge; one end; one side
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
harmful animal; pest; vermin
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
on the occasion of; at the time of
all but dead; half killed
grinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.); applying oneself (to study); disciplining oneself
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
dangerous element; person who poses a high risk
common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tin foil
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
to run around; to bustle about