>>"Your son's been arrested" Extremely common - more so than "He has been ..." (Which is how it was in the 19th century - no contractions).
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>I wonder how did the obstetricians manage without the help of the... um, can't even ask you how to say it because I already know there's no word in English for "trudnica" (the woman who is pregnant, or literally, "the laboress"). Too bad, could have been a nice pun.
Mother-to-be, pregnant woman, expectant woman
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
