steady; honest; sober; straightforward
concealment; suppression; hiding
human relations; personal relationships
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
precocious; precocious child
measuring instrument; instrumentation
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
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public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
since that time; since then; from that point (on)
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
work-in-progress; working state
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to lean against; to set against
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
such ... as; or some such
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
opposite; reverse; contrary
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
to badger; to pester; to beg
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)