affectation; showiness; pretence
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
one-by-one; separately; in detail
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
plural; multiple; several
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
work-in-progress; working state
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
means of transportation; transport service
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
official function; state function
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to check through; to thoroughly investigate