person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
fault; responsibility; culpability
spouse; wife; husband; partner
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
marital relationship; marital relations
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
man; male; masculine gender
about when; about what time; how soon
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to manage something successfully; to be successful
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to be smeared; to be covered
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
don't you think?; indicates question
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy