The father-to-be is on pins and needles.

即将成为父亲的人紧张地如坐针毡。

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Several Christmases later, when he was a penniless father-to-be, he sold his precious guitars (he had two by then) to buy a washing machine.

又过了好几个圣诞节，此时的已经是一个快当爸爸的人了，怎奈其时囊中空空，只能把珍爱的两把吉他卖掉，买回一台洗衣机。

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His father meant him to be an engineer.

他父亲想让他当工程师。

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So, you would expect a child who just grew up with a mother or just grew up to be a father--with a father to be in some sense psychologically damaged by that, failing to go through the normal psychosexual stages.

你会看到由单身母亲抚养长大的孩子,或由单身父亲抚养长大的孩子,在某种意义上,会因此而形成心理创伤，从而无法正常地经历所有的性心理阶段。

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The father-to-be missed two months of the season with a knee injury and missed the cut in eight of 12 starts.

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Simon Cowell came to the rescue of a father-to-be by giving him a lift home in his private jet so he could get to see the birth of his first child.

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His father-in-law happened to be Fred Alger, the go-go fund manager of 1960s fame.

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