An American Marriage p12-

p12

- back in the day : in the past

- sitting your woman down : 남편이 나가서 벌고 아내는 집에서 살림

- an ardinary person could get behind.

* get behind : support, afford to buy

- five figures : five digit

make her mark

water under the bridge : past history

a year and some change : 1년하고 조금 더 (change: 잔돈)

A meteor crashed : Something huge happened

Labor Day

In the United States, Labor Day is a federal holiday observed on the first Monday of September.

gig : 임시직

abode

ranch house : 보통 1층짜리 주택(지하실이나 crawl space가 있을 수도 있다)

deed n. (부동산의 소유를 증명하는) 증서

v (미) 증서를 작성하여 [재산을] 양도하다.

deeded over to their only daughter : only her house, 신혼집의 법률적 소유권이 Celestial에게 있음.

leg up : support

multilingual young