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easel

1

disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray

2

lighting

1

canvas

1

to paint (draw) a picture

2

oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils

1

to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again

2

the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not

3

to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough

1

call; hail; yell

1

trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

1

horizontal line

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

4

to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

1

dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme

2

Aruja-non

6

bunch of flowers; bouquet

2

favourite book; favorite book

4

unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet

2

to call in; to invite; to bring in

4

to do (a person) good; to bring profit

1

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

1

painful experience

1

to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept

2

understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom

1

self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

2

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

4

to ignore; to overlook

1

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

3

to be curious; to wonder; to marvel

2

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

3

to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

1

one's dominant hand

1

third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person

3

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

2

confidential matters

1

innocent-looking; looking as though one wouldn't hurt a fly; looking as though butter would not melt in one's mouth

1

irritating; frustrating

1

haste makes waste; anger and haste hinder good counsel

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

3

sensor

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

2

rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

1

declaration of war; proclamation of war

1

camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

1

science fiction; sci-fi; SF

2

Daniel Keyes

1

point in common; common feature

1

to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip

1

The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)

2