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ENDE: father Vater
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der Vater ☊
ba, bố ☊
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der Großvater ☊
ông ☊
☊
der Urgroßvater ☊
cụ ☊
☊
der Schwiegervater ☊
bố vợ, bố chồng ☊
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Vater ☊
爸爸 ☊ bàba
Großvater ☊
祖父 ☊ zǔfù
Urgroßvater ☊
曾祖父 ☊ zēngzǔfù
Stiefvater ☊
继父 ☊ jìfù
Sein Großvater spielt jedes Jahr Geige. ☊
Năm nào ông của anh cũng chơi đàn v i-ô-lông. ☊ (Lektion 40, Nr. 574)
Weihnachten ist bald und dann wird er seine Mutter und seinen Vater wiedersehen. ☊
Lễ giáng sinh sắp đến và khi đó anh sẽ gặp lại bố mẹ. ☊ (Lektion 40, Nr. 581)
Außerdem kommt mein Onkel, der Bruder meines Vaters. ☊
Ngoài ra bác của anh cũng đến, đó là anh trai của bố anh. ☊ (Lektion 77, Nr. 1098)
Meine Eltern holen noch meinen Großvater ab. ☊
Bố mẹ em trước đó còn đi đón ông nội. ☊ (Lektion 77, Nr. 1101)
accept that...: He just refused to accept that his father was no longer there. ☊ accept ☊
Many divorced fathers only have access to their children at weekends (= they are allowed by law to see them only at weekends). ☊ access ☊
I looked after my father's financial affairs. ☊ affair ☊
Jake's father had also been a doctor (= both Jake and his father were doctors). ☊ also ☊
anxious that...: She was anxious that he should meet her father. ☊ anxious ☊
Is your father feeling any better? ☊ any ☊
She is the apple of her father's eye. ☊ the apple of sb's eye ☊
She desperately wanted to win her father's approval. ☊ approval ☊
You're as tall as your father. ☊ as ☊
She became a lawyer as her father had before her. ☊ before ☊
The children always behave for their father. ☊ behave ☊
Both his mother and his father will be there. ☊ both ☊
His mother won't be there, but his father might. ☊ but ☊
call (out) to sb (for sth): She called out to her father for help. ☊ call ☊
He took charge of the farm after his father's death. ☊ charge ☊
I found the letters when I was clearing out after my father died. ☊ clear out, clear sth out ☊
She is very close to her father. ☊ close ☊
She and her father are very close. ☊ close ☊
close relatives, such as your mother and father, and brothers and sisters ☊ close ☊
The children are completely out of control since their father left. ☊ be/get/run/etc. out of control ☊
Her father's death was a cruel blow. ☊ cruel ☊
That's my dad over there. ☊ dad ☊
Do you live with your mum or your dad? ☊ dad ☊
disappointment to sb: I always felt I was a disappointment to my father. ☊ disappointment ☊
As a child he was dominated by his father. ☊ dominate ☊
excuse sb: You must excuse my father—he's not always that rude. ☊ excuse ☊
All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party. ☊ family ☊
Ben's a wonderful father. ☊ father ☊
You've been like a father to me. ☊ father ☊
Our new boss is a father of three (= he has three children). ☊ father ☊
He was a wonderful father to both his natural and adopted children. ☊ father ☊
Father, I cannot lie to you. ☊ father ☊
fight against sb: My grandfather fought against the Fascists in Spain. ☊ fight ☊
He took charge of the family business following his father's death. ☊ following ☊
give sb sth: What are you giving your father for his birthday? ☊ give ☊
Their family goes back to the time of the Pilgrim Fathers. ☊ go back (to sth) ☊
These skills used to be handed down from father to son. ☊ hand sth down (to sb) ☊
My father was a hard man. ☊ hard ☊
Everyone liked my father—he was the perfect gentleman. ☊ he ☊
I was so sorry to hear of your father's death. ☊ hear of sb/sth, hear sth of sb/sth ☊
Her father carried a heavy burden of responsibility. ☊ heavy ☊
The college will no longer have to close, thanks to the help of private investment. ☊ help ☊
The girl held her father's hand tightly. ☊ hold ☊
public/private housing ☊ housing ☊
Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital. ☊ ill ☊
I recognize his father in him (= his character is similar to his father's). ☊ in ☊
I was very sad indeed to hear of your father's death. ☊ indeed ☊
He's a very involved father (= he spends a lot of time with his children). ☊ involved ☊
My father was one of a kind—I'll never be like him. ☊ one of a kind ☊
His father died later that year. ☊ later ☊
learn sth from sb/sth: I learned a lot from my father. ☊ learn ☊
My father died last year—I wish I could bring him back to life. ☊ life ☊
My grandfather lost his life (= was killed) in the war. ☊ life ☊
He's very like his father. ☊ like ☊
She has her father's good looks. ☊ look ☊
love doing sth: My dad loves going to football games. ☊ love ☊
He may be a good father but he's a terrible husband. ☊ may ☊
mean sb/sth to be sth: His father meant him to be an engineer. ☊ mean ☊
The meeting of father and son after so long was a joyous occasion. ☊ meeting ☊
The statue was erected to the memory of my father. ☊ in memory of sb, to the memory of sb ☊
We've had an urgent message saying that your father's ill. ☊ message ☊
A lot of mums and dads have the same worries. ☊ mum ☊
name sb/sth (after sb): name sb/sth (for sb): He was named after his father (= given his father's first name). ☊ name ☊
He was the nearest thing to (= the person most like) a father she had ever had. ☊ near ☊
owe sb sth: She still owes her father £3 000. ☊ owe ☊
owe sth (to sb) (for sth): She still owes £3 000 to her father ☊ owe ☊
I found these documents among my father's papers after his death. ☊ paper ☊
I have a vivid picture of my grandfather smiling down at me when I was very small. ☊ picture ☊
I've got too much on at work. Plus my father is not well. ☊ plus ☊
They have had a significant change in policy on paternity leave. ☊ policy ☊
On her father's death, she came into possession of (= received) a vast fortune. ☊ possession ☊
Most fathers wish to be present at the birth of their child. ☊ present ☊
Let's go somewhere a bit more private. ☊ private ☊
Those are my father's private papers. ☊ private ☊
prospect (of sth/of doing sth): The prospect of becoming a father filled him with alarm. ☊ prospect ☊
He felt the pull of paternal love. ☊ pull ☊
Her father worked on the railways. ☊ railway ☊
He looks rather like his father. ☊ rather ☊
a father-son relationship ☊ relationship ☊
remember sb/sth doing sth: I can still vividly remember my grandfather teaching me to play cards. ☊ remember ☊
You remind me of your father when you say that. ☊ remind sb of sb/sth ☊
She settled in Vienna after her father's death. ☊ settle ☊
It's time you settled your differences with your father. ☊ settle ☊
We're sorry to hear that your father's in hospital again. ☊ sorry ☊
sound like sb/sth: You sounded just like your father when you said that. ☊ sound ☊
She felt strange sitting at her father's desk. ☊ feel strange ☊
substitute for sb/sth: Paul's father only saw him as a substitute for his dead brother. ☊ substitute ☊
When my father died, Jim was a real support. ☊ support ☊
swear sth: He swore revenge on the man who had killed his father. ☊ swear ☊
The children became the target for their father's aggressive outbursts. ☊ target ☊
teach sb how, what, etc...: My father taught me how to ride a bike. ☊ teach ☊
The present duke inherited the title from his father. ☊ title ☊
We drove up to Inverness to see my father. ☊ up ☊
My father left me the house in his will. ☊ will ☊
Worst of all, I lost the watch my father had given me. ☊ worst ☊