I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a painting hangs in a gallery
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Many of her pictures hang in the National Gallery of Canada.
a writing/painting/dancing etc competition
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Greg won the school public-speaking competition.
draw/paint a picture
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She drew a picture of a mushroom on the blackboard.
jam/paint/yoghurt etc pot
oil paint
oil painting
paint a picture (= create a particular idea or impression, especially one that is not accurate )
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The latest survey paints a grim picture.
paint job
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old cars that are given a quick paint job before being sold
paint stripper
painted a rosy picture
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Letters to relatives in Europe painted a rosy picture of life in the United States.
paint/polish/varnish your nails (= to put coloured liquid on your nails )
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Don't paint short nails in dark colours.
paint...portrait
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She’s been commissioned to paint Jackson’s portrait .
paints a gloomy picture
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The report paints a gloomy picture of the economy.
poster paint
spray paint
wall painting
war paint
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Josie’s just putting on her war paint.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
acrylic
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Grasses are applied in fine, light lines using a fine brush loaded with acrylic paint .
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She was naked except for a tampax and a lot of acrylic paint .
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The flow of paint was well-controlled. Acrylic paint can sometimes clog a brush because it dries quickly.
black
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He was trembling and so drenched in sweat that his hair lay like streaks of black paint upon his forehead.
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Their faces were painted with white clay and vermillion and black paint.
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In the first piece these are drenched with red and black paint from the spray paint cans.
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The Apollo Theatre chain has requested no black paint .
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Ted McCarty claims it was intentional, since there seemed little point in covering an expensive maple top with black paint .
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If you mix white paint and black paint together, what you get is grey paint.
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On the black paint of the door was chalked a message: eleven o'clock.
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The black paint of the door was flaking, the number was askew; the windows were opaque with greyish net curtains.
blue
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The blue paint of the practice stalls was scarred with initials and hearts and anarchist signs among others.
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It was a blue face, the blue paint he splattered all over his face.
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It riffles the torn papers on desks daubed with red, white and blue paint .
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Ewes in lamb are marked with blue paint , the others are marked green.
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He stood in front of the door, staring at the peeling blue paint as if trying to imprint every detail on his memory.
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But when the Nefertari appeared after her annual refit, she was gleaming with fresh white and blue paint and varnished wood.
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The original red, yellow and blue paint designs reflected the owner's medicine and his vision-spirit, the deer.
brown
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He couldn't find any brown paint , so he mixed cocoa in with some white paint.
fresh
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The place smelled of fresh paint and new carpets.
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There, the smell of fresh paint may have lingered yet.
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The moment he'd entered Rose Bower the smell of fresh paint had assailed his nostrils.
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As the smell of fresh paint drifted through the air it became linked for us with summer and liberty.
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Empty building sites have been reclaimed and replanted. Fresh paint has been splashed everywhere, even in residential districts.
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The Oval Office still smells like fresh paint .
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Generous application of whitewash outside, shining fresh paint within of a drab depressing colour.
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A fresh lick of paint might hide many evils.
gold
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The lettering Café Bilbeque in gold paint was perfect.
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Before putting on the gold paint .
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My proposal was accepted, I was offered accommodation with Beatrice, bricks and, due to air restrictions, gold spray paint .
green
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Museum. Green paint on woodwork could be moss.
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Transport was an old Caribou with brown and green camouflage paint .
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Up the flight of steps was a very old door, covered in flaking green paint .
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Everything was slathered over in a depressing dark green paint .
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The front-door was-covered with flaky green paint and there was no keyhole.
new
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It was then that he noticed the new paint design resembled the bat symbol.
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Wallpaper also absorbs smells but, unlike the new paint , tends to retain them.
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The Scarecrow stuffed himself with fresh straw and Dorothy put new paint on his eyes that he might see better.
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He led Coffin to a bright back kitchen, furnished in the most modern style, with new canary-yellow paint .
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Time to stop taking it to the garage for new paint jobs, and instead get busy trading it in.
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Graham smiled and crossed the road to the sorting office, smelling its new coat of paint .
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A holy office: the casting-out of spiders and anointment with new paint .
old
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This 600 watt machined removed three layers of old paint from a veneered cabinet in minutes.
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Geranium, spider and ice plants thrive in old paint cans across from the outhouse.
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They are ideal for stripping off old paint from fixed joinery such as windows and skirtings.
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That was a lot more exposure than one would get from some old paint .
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I put some plants into old paint pots and hung them from the joists in the veranda roof.
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Over decades, car traffic on the Bay Bridge and the removal of old lead-based paint may have contaminated the Bay muds.
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She wedged their magazines between old paint tins and imperfectly washed milk bottles and towers of flowerpots, and crept away.
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These things are garage productions crafted out of regular old house paint , ordinary shop wood, strips of roughly cut tin.
red
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In the first piece these are drenched with red and black paint from the spray paint cans.
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The limbs were out of proportion, and you could read the newspaper headlines under the thin red paint .
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When you are issued with ammunition pouches immediately after this briefing, you will draw either red or yellow paint shells.
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Below left: Tsunami, with new propeller, red paint scheme and wave-effect artwork.
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On the way back that afternoon she bought a can of red spray paint in a car accessories shop.
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Wedges of flame red paint convey the brilliance of its colour, thickly tracing the veins of its wet silk petals.
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Then he saw them - the same tiny scraps of red paint , clustered around the handle of the bottom desk drawer.
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The front has traces of red paint or enamel and a raised rope pattern around the edge.
wet
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Stick with mastic varnish, then seal with layer of lead foil pressed into wet paint and seal again with lead.
white
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A special solar-reflective white paint may be applied to these panels which will increase the life-span of the surface.
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Shorr has splattered the work with white paint , and violently creased up the photo underneath.
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It was bright white , paint , lamps and dining-table; the carpet was a Berber off-white.
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You do not step on white paint at any time.
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Along her knuckles, a crust of white paint .
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Two days before the opening Soo stayed in the shop and busied herself with white paint and a large board.
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It was stencilled in white paint on the freight car fourth from the front.
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It riffles the torn papers on desks daubed with red, white and blue paint .
yellow
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Even at this distance I could see he was liberally spattered with yellow paint .
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The reception desk was getting a last bright coat of yellow paint .
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When you are issued with ammunition pouches immediately after this briefing, you will draw either red or yellow paint shells.
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Lest anything should not be understood, each scene was accompanied by an explanatory sentence in spidery yellow paint .
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The yellow splash of paint showed up hundreds of metres away in the bright sunshine.
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The original red, yellow and blue paint designs reflected the owner's medicine and his vision-spirit, the deer.
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Susan saw a smear of yellow paint across his knuckles.
■ NOUN
brush
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Using a paint brush paint blue eyes and whiskers on to the rabbit's face and pink ears and a nose.
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The rain began to fall, big sloppy drops as if some one were shaking out a paint brush .
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Classical painters developed the use of animal hair, and the paint brush , as we know it, was born.
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Then sprinkle on water and re-trowel in come loose-use an emulsion paint brush .
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Finally, draw a moistened paint brush along the junctions of cove and backgrounds.
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Whichever substance you use, put it on in as concentrated a form as you can using a large paint brush .
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Additionally, paint brushes can be cleaned in water.
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Cut out long thin strips for trimming around the top edge of the boat and fix on with a dampened paint brush .
emulsion
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Then sprinkle on water and re-trowel in come loose-use an emulsion paint brush.
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Cold water washes off fresh emulsion paint , and acetone removes cellulose.
gloss
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On the second flight, beige broadloom gives way to brown linoleum, bevelled mirror to beige gloss paint .
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Rather than buy primer and undercoat specially, you can manage with a coat or two of gloss paint alone.
house
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Under the new system Porter will extend its range of house paint colours from 800 to 1,200 individual tints.
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I believe most painters and most specialists will recommend latex house paint over oil.
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These things are garage productions crafted out of regular old house paint , ordinary shop wood, strips of roughly cut tin.
job
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In fact it was papier-mache on which some one had done a skilful paint job .
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After all, the building needed a paint job .
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Behind closed doors ... the paint job the public will never see.
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Time to stop taking it to the garage for new paint jobs , and instead get busy trading it in.
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Geneva Street was a row of identical terraced houses without even different front-door paint jobs to distinguish them.
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Parts of some letters had been chipped away, but a careful paint job had cured them.
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Awlgrip paint job , decks, upholstery and varnish work.
masonry
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All surfaces should be clean and dry before applying masonry paint with a brush, roller or spray.
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Cracks should be repaired with a filler, and porous surfaces primed with a sealant or a diluted coat of masonry paint .
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Water-based Stronghold smooth, and Stronghold textured masonry paint , reinforced with rock aggregate for extra durability.
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Jonsil Silicone Alkyd finish is a masonry paint ideal for inner city and coastal environments.
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Stormshield is an acrylic-based masonry paint , available in either smooth or textured finish, in a range of colours.
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Can not be used over masonry paint .
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Most manufacturers describe their exterior wall paints as masonry paint.
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Sandtex also now makes a glass masonry paint .
oil
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Are there any other art materials that can be used on top of oil paint ?
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In places the green is so thick on the page that it develops a gloss like the dried skin of oil paint .
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Types of oil paint Aside from the traditional oil paint there are several variations according to the binder used when making the paint.
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It even tells you how to make a rosary out of rose petals and water and salt and oil paint .
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Types of oil paint Aside from the traditional oil paint there are several variations according to the binder used when making the paint.
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A variety of mediums and thinners are available for use with oil paint which facilitate further manipulation of the paint.
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Most artists' ranges of oil paint are priced in series.
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This is because oil paint shrinks as it dries.
pot
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I put some plants into old paint pots and hung them from the joists in the veranda roof.
scheme
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That's why I chose his paint scheme .
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Below left: Tsunami, with new propeller, red paint scheme and wave-effect artwork.
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He personally added his victory flags to complete the paint scheme .
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Good paint schemes and carefully chosen lettering should be your first option.
shop
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Finally it was taken into the adjoining paint shop where the painting was done by hand, a laborious task.
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Just two weeks ago, he voted to approve a rezoning to allow a paint shop next to a large apartment building.
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These three paint shops give, on 42 roads, accommodation for about 240 vehicles.
spray
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I holders cutters around nosed pliers a medium grade sandpaper, silver spray paint .
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Paint dealers could sell other types of spray paint , but only if they were not fully portable.
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In the first piece these are drenched with red and black paint from the spray paint cans.
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Manufacturers of the device said it would add about 25 cents to the cost of a can of spray paint .
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On the way back that afternoon she bought a can of red spray paint in a car accessories shop.
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It is still there but looking rusty and scribbled with spray paint .
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The other had contained a jemmy, cans of spray paint , wire cutters, a brace and bit, and shears.
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The state Air Resources Board can not ban spray paint .
war
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Forest Goblins wear exotic war paint , carry war axes and are often decorated with colourful feathers.
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When the fans meet their idols, apply their war paint and barrack the opposition.
■ VERB
apply
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All surfaces should be clean and dry before applying masonry paint with a brush, roller or spray.
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I apply the paint to the nib with a brush.
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However in this context the opaque crystals could be applied as a paint in areas defined by sharp lines.
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For an easy to apply paint finish, use microporous paint.
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When the fans meet their idols, apply their war paint and barrack the opposition.
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Patterns can be applied before paint dries: experiment with household objects such as hair comb, sponge, or edge of brush.
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After rubbing down, apply bitumastic paint inside and outside.
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Before you start mixing think about the way you intend to apply the paint .
buy
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Didn't anyone ever buy paint , for goodness' sake?
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However, it is only more economical to buy paint in tins provided that you use it quickly, within weeks.
cover
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The Ideal Home Decorating School gives you details of exclusive readers' courses that cover everything from paint effects to dried flowers.
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The children were found in the garage wearing only soiled diapers; one of them was covered with paint .
draw
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They loved to write and draw and paint , and they talked all day long.
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Colescott got started the way most artists do, as a kid who liked to draw and paint .
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Finally, draw a moistened paint brush along the junctions of cove and backgrounds.
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In this subject you are not faced with the problem of telling or showing children how to draw and paint .
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Art means far more than just learning to draw and paint .
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I want to draw and paint - sometimes.
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Nearly every child if properly taught loves to draw and paint .
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During the weekend we went out as a group to draw and paint .
flake
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Up the flight of steps was a very old door, covered in flaking green paint .
mix
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The walls are simply painted but they mix their own paint meticulously, experimenting until they get the colour just right.
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I even tried mixing my own paint without any success.
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If you mix white paint and black paint together, what you get is grey paint.
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If you mix grey paint and grey paint together, you can't reconstruct either the original white or the original black.
peel
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Mildew and mold grow on the peeling paint like gray fur.
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Its peeling paint and broken windows stand testimony that it went out of business because it had become too costly to maintain.
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An abandoned circus wagon with peeling paint is in the background, in it a hopeless dark woman imprisoned behind bars.
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If there is peeling paint , sand it heavily to remove as much as practicable.
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Water stains, peeling paint and cracked plaster show the roof leaks.
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She lived in a red-brick tenement in Chelsea, an old walk-up building with gloomy stairwells and peeling paint on the walls.
remove
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Use a shave hook to remove build up of paint from drip grooves.
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As you remove paint from the tin, air will replace it and initiate the drying of the remaining paint.
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They remove wood or paint very quickly and aggressively.
strip
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They are ideal for stripping off old paint from fixed joinery such as windows and skirtings.
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He has painstakingly stripped the cheap latex paint away from an elaborately painted mural recalling grander days.
use
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From the outside, it didn't look particularly inviting: it could have used some paint and polish.
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One painter says to use latex finish paint .
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The use of Colour Index Generic Names, enables us to know which pigments are being used in each paint .
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Richter is not a conventional painter: he is an artist who happens to use paint as a medium.
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Whichever substance you use , put it on in as concentrated a form as you can using a large paint brush.
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We must encourage them to use paint intelligently and give them suitable colours.
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This 7,224-ton daughter of the industrial revolution is repainted every seven years, using 40 tons of paint .
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There are many different types, all of which can be used with any paint of a creamy to milky consistency.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lick of paint/colour etc
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Julie Mills moved into her Edwardian town house in London expecting to just give it a lick of paint.
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Rooms have recently had a lick of paint, but nothing too drastic, making this an unbeatable central London bargain.
gaily coloured/painted/decorated etc
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Above me, the gaily painted signs of the taverns and food shops creaked in the wind and mocked my hunger.
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It took up half a block of Tollemarche Avenue and was gaily painted in red and white.
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The gaily painted striped poles of the merry-go-round figure in almost every work.
have your hair cut/your house painted etc
not be as black as you are painted
paint/nail varnish/stain etc remover
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If they are undamaged remove the polish with nail varnish remover .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a painting class
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I'm not very good at painting.
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There was an old iron bed, with rust showing through the white paint .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But she could find no paint .
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Curious faces turned in her direction, faces some plain some pretty but all innocent of paint and powder.
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I holders cutters around nosed pliers a medium grade sandpaper, silver spray paint .
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In recent years, lead levels have fallen as regulations have curbed lead in paint , gas and other products.
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Manufacturers of the device said it would add about 25 cents to the cost of a can of spray paint .
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The kit is sold complete apart from paint , with the machining work carried out by Rotorway.
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The state Air Resources Board can not ban spray paint .
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The use of Colour Index Generic Names, enables us to know which pigments are being used in each paint .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
brightly
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He said that the last of the 14 fences was too brightly painted and frightened some of the horses.
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Our cottage was at the end of a fisherman's row, brightly painted , and owned by Mr Jake Nisbet.
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Traces of yellow pigment were found on the craft, suggesting that it was brightly painted .
over
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They were painted over , but some one had scraped away a small area of paint, exposing the clear glass.
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Apply a wood preservative that can be painted over or varnished afterwards.
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It can be painted over , so the seams disappear.
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Remove the failed bud, clean off any browning on the stem and paint over with a protective fungicidal paint such as Arbrex.
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The fact that Mondrian had painted over the back of the canvas had helped keep the painting in particularly fine condition.
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Don't keep painting over chipped or worn polish.
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This provides a smooth surface to paint over and ensures that the colours come up clean and bright.
■ NOUN
artist
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Elizabeth Durack was one of the first white artists to adopt indigenous painting techniques.
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Yes, a painter worries about whether it will sell, but still, what an artist paints is entirely his own.
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Certainly every artist around London must paint them.
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The artist has painted her submerged, sinking through the water.
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The unknown artist had painted the fur with such a delicate brush you felt you might stroke it.
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Was this why the Cro-Magnon artists chose to paint and engrave their work in caves?
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Constable was a commercial artist who needed to paint visually stunning works to make enough money to support his family.
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He preferred not to think that everyone knew the artist had painted his best-known work from the window overlooking Dzerjhinsky Square.
colours
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Yet these painted colours refer only rather loosely to the ten colour-terms listed in the text.
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Scattered around were many houses made entirely of china and painted in the brightest colours .
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The most obvious addition is the carbon-fibre body-work, painted in the colours of McWilliams' race bike.
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Each boat had been freshly painted in bright colours for the occasion, and beside them stood their sinewy weather-beaten owners.
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And yet, he painted delicate water colours which sold for high prices.
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The site has sponsored two buses, painted in company colours , which promote Preston Guild.
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Completion date is planned for the autumn when it will be painted in the colours of the 1936 Burns Flea.
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I could only see in black and white but it was easy to paint in the colours .
face
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Stanley Spencer said that when you paint a face , it's like crawling across the landscape of that face.
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Having painted my face with white clay, they gave me a crystal and a hollow reed.
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I paint her face and do her hair.
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James Harrison signed them both in bold script right on their painted wood faces .
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On their heads were painted faces , each with a pair of huge, blank, staring eyes.
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Go stand in a field somewhere, paint each other's faces , make some puppets.
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I paint my face , cover myself in beads.
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You have to paint your face if you wear a fur.
green
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The walls are painted an avocado green and they are uncovered, but for a caricature sketch of Isabelle above the television set.
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The 517-foot-long truss is painted ballpark green and resembles a large bridge.
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The 707 taxied in between rows of screens painted military green , where pierced-steel planking flashed in the sun.
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The bathroom was painted a dark green half-way up the walls and, above that, cream.
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Their back door was painted a trendy sludge green and it had a large keyhole as well as a Yale lock.
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And when I chanced one last look round I saw they'd painted the front door green too.
hand
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Sometimes they painted their hands and faces too.
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In an age when many shops use decals or masking tape and spray paint , Olin still paints his pinstripes by hand .
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In the end they were made of specially manufactured rubber and painted by hand .
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In the latter, the distraught man is painted with his hands across his chest.
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For the first time since 1997 many demonstrators painted their hands white to represent innocence untainted with blood.
house
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Conversely, by painting your house you make the whole street look nicer and give consumption benefits to your neighbours.
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During the week I found work in town painting houses , laying carpets and delivering telephone books.
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They painted Astrid's house and made love all the time.
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Huong would also rent you a ski or paint your beach house .
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Then she began to clean and paint the house room by room.
picture
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These other possible connections to income taxation require separate investigation for a fuller picture to be painted .
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The media are merely the messengers, sometimes further sensationalizing and then passing along the false picture that has been painted .
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But there is, unfortunately, every reason to suppose that the general picture she paints is still accurate.
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Then she went into the lighthouse and secured the picture that Rhayader had painted of her.
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However for many who live and/or work in such communities the picture he paints is recognisable.
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They like the picture Piaget painted .
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But we do not need to solve this conundrum, for the picture painted is unreal.
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Each of these 3D pictures is painted over a series of triangular strips of wood, glued vertically.
portrait
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The youngest girl, only two, had her portrait painted by him.
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The portraits she paints are deeply moving and sympathetic.
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It could not be the portrait that he had painted .
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When André Warnod came home on leave he asked him politely whether he would like to have his portrait painted in uniform.
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The six state portraits are charmingly painted .
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Hellens did not like the portrait painted of him but later came to recognize its prophetic qualities.
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Lunia was flattered at having her portrait painted by a gifted artist, but at first she felt rather intimidated by the experience.
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Of the earlier Gittels we find nothing; none ever rose high enough in life to get their portrait painted .
red
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The Steam Tank body itself was painted in the vivid reds , blues and yellows that are typical of the Engineers Guild.
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The churches are painted an earthy red , with red domes and cupolas, and thick red velvet curtains decorate the insides.
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Window frames painted a vermilion red and decorated with colored glass were polished over and over.
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The walls were painted tomato red , with matching red drapes drawn against the chill dusk.
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Seven dried lima beans, painted bright red .
scene
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It's changed since Willem painted the scene in 1880, but we could still see the softly sloping dunes.
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The outside walls were painted as well: scenes of judgment, resurrection and martyrdom.
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Another time he painted a scene of the angel appearing to the shepherds to tell them of the Nativity.
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Intensely painted scenes depict the gruesome martyrdom of countless saints.
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Ma paints his scenes with a deceptive and delicate artistry.
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But he has a particular fondness for painting scenes remembered from his native Montana.
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The walls and ceiling would be painted with scenes from the Buddha's life and the presentation of gifts by benefactors.
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He made painted screens showing pastoral scenes with red houses.
town
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Tonight we're going to paint the town red. b. Tonight we're going to colour the city scarlet. 38a.
wall
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We want to render the wall and then paint it.
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These walls would be painted or wallpapered to provide the interior finishes.
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Cave walls painted with Aboriginal drawings, a gorge about a quarter mile deep, filled with only eucalyptus and birds.
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On an outside wall of this was painted a Madonna and Child.
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Beyond them, under cover, the walls are painted yellow and further covered by scores more artifacts and displays.
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The walls have been painted with a white emulsion.
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And that despite a really sensational wall painting by LeWitt, adding some needed color to the gray and black atrium.
■ VERB
begin
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He began to paint feverishly, as if he had time to make up.
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The final story began when Jane painted a picture.
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He soon began painting the structures with fluorescent colors and displaying them with backlight.
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When he began to paint , during the Occupation, he had looked to Matisse and Bonnard.
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Next day the raftbuilders began the task of painting the bamboos, and the results were dramatic.
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She began to paint after the birth of her first child in 1973.
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His was an example she would put to use when she began to paint ten years later.
draw
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All my children could draw and paint beautifully.
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I wanted to draw , paint and write.
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Instead of copying coats of arms, she drew and painted freehand.
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Thereafter, the artistic user can both draw and paint .
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As interested in art as Margarett was in theater, she drew and painted a little herself.
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A figure drawing or painting is not a portrait, so an accurate facial likeness isn't essential.
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She has a drawing for the painting Tabarant reproduced in his article.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lick of paint/colour etc
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Julie Mills moved into her Edwardian town house in London expecting to just give it a lick of paint.
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Rooms have recently had a lick of paint, but nothing too drastic, making this an unbeatable central London bargain.
gaily coloured/painted/decorated etc
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Above me, the gaily painted signs of the taverns and food shops creaked in the wind and mocked my hunger.
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It took up half a block of Tollemarche Avenue and was gaily painted in red and white.
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The gaily painted striped poles of the merry-go-round figure in almost every work.
he's/she's no oil painting
not be as black as you are painted
paint/nail varnish/stain etc remover
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If they are undamaged remove the polish with nail varnish remover .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All the children had painted their faces.
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Anna usually paints in the afternoons.
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Don't wear that shirt when you're painting.
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Geraint was sitting on the beach, painting the seagulls and the fishing boats.
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Her lips and fingernails were painted bright red.
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I'm going to paint a picture of the church.
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I'm going to paint the bathroom tomorrow.
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My neighbor painted that picture.
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Sarah painted the table blue.
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The exhibition focuses on the urban pictures painted by Camille Pissarro in the last decade of his career.
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The pictures in Paul Gunn's exhibition were all landscapes, most beautifully painted in oils.
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The walls were painted tomato red, with matching red drapes.
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We really need to paint the bedroom.
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What colour did you paint the doors?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Background painted with 3030 B70G, Collector, matt emulsion from the Definitions range by Dulux, £15.49/2.5 litres.
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He is going to paint my portrait.
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It was easily sixty feet high, and painted a flat silver from its top to its base.
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Next day the raftbuilders began the task of painting the bamboos, and the results were dramatic.
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They are painted as having received too much government.
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Walls are painted white drifting to dove gray.
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When André Warnod came home on leave he asked him politely whether he would like to have his portrait painted in uniform.
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Yes, the recent big paintings are painted quite thinly.