Art Course Related

Question 1

crude

Answer 1

ADJ.
simple and without much detail, not very accurate
(＝大雑把であまり細かくない、粗っぽい)

● Oil pastel is a bit crude to describe the details.
● The picture style in the book ‘grump groan growl’ looks crude.

Question 2

garish

Answer 2

ADJ.
very brightly coloured in a way that is unpleasant to look at
↔︎subtle

● Many of the rugs are too garish for my taste.
● garish colours

Question 3

a rag

Answer 3

NOUN
a piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things.
● a not-so-inky rag

Question 4

cartridge paper

Answer 4

NOUN [U]
画用紙

Question 5

stressed

Answer 5

ADJ.
worried and nervous
心配、不安。「やばいってなってる」
（「ストレスを受けている」と訳すより「やばいってなってる」の方が合ってるかも。弱音を吐いている感じはなく、素直に言ってる感じです。イギリスやアメリカでは日本より心配や不安な感情を口に出すことが自然みたいです。）

Question 6

turn of phrase

Answer 6

NOUN
1. the ability to say things in a clever or funny way
● Kate has a colourful turn of phrase.

2. a particular way of saying something (SYN: expression)
   ● What a strange turn of phrase!
   ● Nice turn of phrase!
   「Maybe you should have been doing this kind of exploration earlier. 」に「I’ll get cracking」で返したとき。
   「いい表現知ってるじゃん！」のような意味かな？

Question 7

to render

Answer 7

VERB
represent or depict artistically.
● the eyes and the cheeks are exceptionally well rendered.
● The drawing was rendered in muted pastels.

Question 8

to stifle

Answer 8

VERB
1. to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air:
● We almost stifled in the heat of the city.

2. to prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing:
   ● She stifled a cough/yawn/scream/sneeze.
   ● I don’t know how I managed to stifle my anger.
   ● We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them.

Question 9

doable

Answer 9

ADJ.
able to be done or attained: ACHIEVABLE, POSSIBLE
● It will be difficult, but it’s still doable.

Question 10

self-contained

Answer 10

ADJ.
(of a person) quiet and independent; not depending on or influenced by others.
not needing or depending on other people
someone who is self-contained does not seem to need other people or show their feelings

● Her father was a quiet, self-contained man.
● a self-contained life

Question 11

non-digitally

Answer 11

ADV.
in analogue media.

(I haven’t heard ‘analoguely’)

Question 12

every girl’s dream

Answer 12

NOUN
Things that girls really love
女子の夢みる世界❤︎
女の子が好きそうなもの
（使い方によっては皮肉っぽく聞こえることも。「ああ…こういうの女の子が好きそうだよね…女の子が夢見る世界〜的な感じだよね」みたいな）

Question 13

to envisage
/in - VIZ - idge/

Answer 13

VERB
(formal)
1. to imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good:

● Train fare increases of 15 percent are envisaged for the next year.
● [ + that ] It’s envisaged that building will start at the end of this year.
● [ + -ing verb ] When do you envisage finishing the project?
● [ + question word ] It’s hard to envisage how it might happen.

2. to form a mental picture of something or someone you have never seen:
   ● He wasn’t what I’d expected - I’d envisaged someone much taller.

Question 14

to have access (to)

Answer 14

PHRASE
to be able to use or get something

● I wonder if we could have access to the studio over the weekend?

Question 15

magical

Answer 15

ADJ.
「ファンタジック」の意味で使われているようです。
● Your work certainly has a magical feeling to it.

Question 16

to coin

Answer 16

VERB
invent (a new word or phrase).
● He coined the term ‘desktop publishing’”.

Question 17

on production of something/on the production of something

Answer 17

PHRASE
When you can do something on production of or on the production of documents, you need to show someone those documents in order to be able to do that thing.

● Entry to the show is free to members on production of their membership cards.

Question 18

I hope your work is not too bad.

Answer 18

PHRASE
作品作り、大変じゃないといいな

「作品、頑張ってね」みたいな感じで別れ際に言ってくれた言葉！

Question 19

sturdy

Answer 19

ADJ.
durable, hardy
頑丈

● This portfolio case is pretty sturdy.

Question 20

mesmerising

Answer 20

ADJ.
うっとりするような

● I was completely mesmerised to see her works.
彼女の作品を見て本当うっとりしてしまった…
● Your work is an absolute treasure. A mesmerising, ethereal world…
あなたの作品は本当に素晴らしいです。うっとりするような、この世のものではない美しさ

Question 21

Why do I even bother?

Answer 21

PHRASE

Why do I even try when it seems almost impossible to achieve or my effort might be pointless?

● When I first went to Bologna, I almost cried. There were tons of books and I thought, ‘why do I even bother?’

Question 22

to get your teeth into (something)

Answer 22

IDIOM
to be engaged in something with a great energy and enthusiasm:

● At first I was thinking of a story about little elves, but I didn’t really feel I could get my teeth into it, so I started another story.

Question 23

an early bird

Answer 23

NOUN
a person who gets up or arrives early

● ‘I’m an early bird so I wouldn’t mind queuing before the shop opens!’ ‘Oh, I wouldn’t mind waking up early, but I don’t want to stand outside for a long time!’

Question 24

get carried away

Answer 24

PHRASE
夢中になる
● I kind of got carried away in collage!

Question 25

rigid

Answer 25

ADJ.
stiff, unchangeable, hard, strict

● Natalie came across as a rigid person, but she wasn’t, really.
● The lines are too rigid.

Question 26

hefty

Answer 26

ADJ.
sturdy

● I just like this sketchbook because it’s hefty.

Question 27

flappy

Answer 27

ADJ.
じたばたしている

● You could draw a lot of flappy arms to make her look frantic.

Question 28

subdued

Answer 28

ADJ.

(of a colour, light) muted, softened:

(of a mood) quiet, depressed or reflective

Question 29

textured

Answer 29

ADJ.
(of paper) grainy, rough

● This paper is very textured, so it doesn’t work well with pencils.

Question 30

Good, I think. They gave me a lot of tips on how I can improve my stories.

Answer 30

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