responsible area; area of responsibility
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
final; eventual; ultimate
ago; since; before; previous
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
voluntary singlehood (as a principle or creed); singlehood by choice
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
violent (fight); slashing and striking; hand-to-hand
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
witnessing; observing; sighting
sit-up; abdominal muscles; abs
endurance; perseverance; patience
to attempt; to test; to try out
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
because of; owing to; due to
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
being open but having virtually no business
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to soak; to steep; to macerate
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound