pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
care (e.g. medical); attention; nursing; kea (Nestor notabilis)
bathing; going in the bath
most attractive feature (of a person)
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
youth; minor; young people
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to play a central role; to take a leading part
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
free time; time at leisure
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
to be parted from; to be separated
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
method of bringing up; method of raising
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture; desk study
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
free time; spare time; idle moment
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
pupil; student; schoolchild
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm