that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
single-mother household; fatherless family
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
company; corporation; workplace
company president; manager; director
home area; home town; local
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to be conspicuous; to stand out
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
had better ...; had better not ...
beginning; outset; first; onset
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
suffix for familiar person
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way