He had not meant to be a bad father, but he had not felt like a father at all.

他不是故意想要做一个坏父亲，但他觉得自己一点也不像个父亲。

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You've been like a father to me.

你对我一直像父亲一样。

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I've seen lots of reports, most of them are really concrete. They said they are just family members, like a father in a family and stuff.

我读过很多报道，大都是很具体的例子，报道上说他们有自己的家庭，像是一个父亲什么的。

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He acted like a father to his thirteen nieces and nephews, the children of his dead brothers.

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Because I really want to understand what it is like for a son and a father to relate each other.

因为我很想让知道,一对父子,是如何默契相连的。

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G P Thompson And it turns out that G.P. Thompson, and I'm sure this wasn't the case, but I like to think of it as a little bit of child rebelling against the father.

结果是他的儿子，我确定不是那种情况，但是我们认为他在小时候,对他的父亲可能有一点叛逆。

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That was one of the few times that I saw him act like a father.

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"I've always idolised Sir Bobby, he looked after me like a father, " he said.

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Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable said Tom was like a father figure to the rest of the artists.

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