cruel wife; termagant wife; wife from hell
serious; not joking; straight
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
how; in what way; how about
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
myself; yourself; I; me; you
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to look forward to something
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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
and then; and so; and; so then
name; given name; first name
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
maternity health record book; mother and child health notebook
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
it seems so; that's what it looks like
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up