other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
older sister; elder sister
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
how many months?; how long?
scheduled date; expected date; due date; estimated date of confinement; expected date of delivery
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
seventh day of the month; seven days
broad bean (Vicia faba); horse bean; fava bean
together; at the same time; same; identical
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
historic; historical; traditional
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)