embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet)
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
object of romantic interest; potential love interest
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
short story; short film; short poem
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
clear writing; specification
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
help; assistance; service
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
moving; touching; stirring
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to rearrange; to resequence
galley (tray); galley proof
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
test print; test sheet; trial print run
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
stencil printing; mimeographic printing
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
proofreading; calibration
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)