some synonyms

This morning I have series of words for you, sourced from Thesaurus.com:

all, entire, exhaustive, full, replete, thorough, unabbreviated, unabridged, whole.

These are some of the words used to explain the word “complete”.

And some more:

accomplish, achieve, bring to a close, cease, close, complete, conclude, culminate, end, finalize, fulfill, put finishing touches on, stop, terminate, wind up, wrap up.

These are some of the words used to explain the word “finished”.

Perhaps what I am trying to communicate is beginning to become clear.

I have finished the embroidery on the tablecloth.

When I was a little girl, there was a very talented lady called Nita Johnston at our church. Every few years she wrote a musical for all us kids to perform. There is one song that still sticks with me more than 30 years later, from the musical about the prodigal son. The song was very catchy, and is about when the son returns home – a song of joy and celebration. My recollection of the chorus of this song is as follows:

Kill the fatted calf,
Kill the old red rooster!
I’m as happy and as joyful
As ever I could be.
Kill the fatted calf,
Kill the old red rooster,
For my son has returned to me!

The last bit about the son returning to me doesn’t really apply, but the joy and celebration of the rest of it is a great expression of how I feel about this tablecloth! No doubt it will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day now, and I won’t mind a bit!