barrel »
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.
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black »
Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless.
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brown bread »
Bread with a brown colour as distinct from white bread, wholemeal, granary or other specific types of bread.
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discretion is the better part of valour »
It is often wise to refrain from seemingly brave speech or action.1597
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flower »
Typically including sepals, petals, stamens, and ovaries; often conspicuously colourful.
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grow up »
To flourish.
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in black and white »
Having it displayed using shades of gray/gray rather than colour/color .
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in black and white »
Using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.
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oil colour »
painting
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orange up »
To make more prominent by making orange or adding orange colour.
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rose-coloured »
Cheerfully optimistic.
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rose-coloured »
Having a pink colour.
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take off »
To become successful, to flourish.
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washed out »
Of clothes. When they lose some of their original colour from being washed so often.
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