bitful

Earning a bare subsistence, as on the land; marginal.

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BBC TV programmes end credits have to be center justified.
Simon Amstell co-wrote an episode of Skins.
70 is 21 in celsius, as written on the card I got Dr B.'s dad for his 70th birthday.
Almost all the title sequences in Woody Allen's films are white Windsor font on black [...]

Camere separate
Separate rooms
Literally: '(Bed)rooms separated'.

I snore, so Dr B. wears earplugs. But lately I can't sleep without waking up every couple of hours (loo, nightmare, leg cramps, or a particularly unpleasant combination of the three), and this is disrupting his rest too.
So lately I have volunteered to sleep on the couch. It's nearer the fridge [...]

To adorn (oneself) in a showy manner. To primp.

Oggi è il compleanno di mio suocero
Today is my father-in-law's birthday
Literally: 'Today is the birthday of my father-in-law'.

Dr B.'s father is seventy today. I am happy to be joining the festivities, and to let this be his big day.
In my heart, this is also our big day: Dr B. and I met exactly five years [...]

Having a boundary in common; contiguous. Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.

Stasera prendiamo il treno
Tonight we are catching a train
Literally: 'Tonight (we) take the train'.

We are off to see Dr B.'s parents for the weekend. We will be coming back on Sunday night.
Torniamo domenica sera
We are back on Sunday night
Literally: '(We) return Sunday night'.

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In English, when you catch something you [...]

To cause to appear pale and sickly: a face that was etiolated from years in prison. To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.