father; dad; husband; you; he
sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent; caretaker
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
genuine article; real thing; real deal
good family; respectable family; decent family
sons and daughters; children; girl
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
son and heir; son who will succeed one
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
family; relatives; dependents; household
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
private tutor; coach; governess