Affair
Affair noun - Something produced by physical or intellectual effort.
Usage example: the lead float in the parade was a pretty impressive affair, a giant eagle's head with equally huge wings
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Work
Work noun - Something produced by physical or intellectual effort.
Usage example: the new Web application is the work of a pair of young but highly gifted programmers
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Their love is doomed, though not for the usual reasons this sort of affair doesn't work out.
Source: Shapeshifting Lover -
Even when it was popular, it didn't always work that way; Lancelot's love for Guinevere started as Courtly Love but developed into a different sort of affair.
Source: Courtly Love -
This work provides examples of: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder: Jamie starts his affair whilst Cathy is off touring in Ohio.
Source: Theatre / The Last Five Years
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