"CAN I HELP WITH DINNER?": Translated: "Why isn't it already on the table?"
"UH HUH" - "SURE, HONEY" - or - "YES, DEAR": Translated: Absolutely nothing. It's a conditioned response.
"IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN": Translated: "I have no idea how it works."
"TAKE A BREAK HONEY, YOU'RE WORKING TOO HARD.": Translated: "I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner."
"THAT'S INTERESTING, DEAR.": Translated: "Are you still talking?"
"YOU KNOW HOW BAD MY MEMORY IS.": Translated: "I remember the address of the first girl I ever kissed and the vehicle identification numbers of every car I've ever owned; but I forgot your birthday."
"OH, DON'T FUSS. I JUST CUT MYSELF. IT'S NO BIG DEAL.": Translated: "I have actually severed a limb, but will bleed to death before I admit that I'm hurt."
"HEY, I'VE GOT MY REASONS FOR WHAT I'M DOING.": Translated: "And I sure hope I think of some pretty soon."
"I CAN'T FIND IT.": Translated: "It didn't fall into my outstretched hands; so I'm completely clueless."
"WHAT DID I DO THIS TIME ?": Translated: "What did you catch me at ?"
"I HEARD YOU.": Translated: "I haven't the foggiest clue what you just said; and I'm hoping desperately that I can fake it well enough so that you don't spend the next 3 days yelling at me."
"YOU KNOW I COULD NEVER LOVE ANYONE ELSE.": Translated: "I'm used to the way you yell at me and realize it could be worse."
"YOU LOOK TERRIFIC.": Translated: "Oh, please don't try on one more outfit. I'm starving."
"I'M NOT LOST. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE.": Translated: "No one will ever see us alive again."
"WE SHARE THE HOUSEWORK.": Translated: "I make the messes; she cleans them up."