Basic Needs

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Everyday Expressions
n.
Youve been like a father to me.

n.
Washington is called the father of the United States.

n.
Father Smith is respected by them.

fatherly
fatherhood

a. , brotherly
n.

father-in-law
fatherland

Linguistic Skill
Useful Phrases
--- Fathers Day
--- Father Christmas
--- birth father
--- grandfather
Idioms & Slang
the child is the father of the man ---
sleep with ones fathers ---

 from father to son ---

Like father, like son. ---

Communicating Clearly
Street Talks
I like Prof. Lee. Hes been a father to me.
Be a kind father to the motherless children.
The young father spoiled his only son.
The country house has been handed down from father to son since
1800.

Cultural Focus
Transcripts

My fathers reading. Its in a poem.

My father once asked David why he stopped coming to the office.

I have no doubt that youre a wonderful father.

It was my father's idea.
Proverbs
As the baker, so the buns; as the father, so the sons.

Many a good father has but a bad son.

Quotations
In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.
Croesus (d. c. 560 BC), Lydian king. Quoted in: Francis Bacon, Apophthegms,
no. 149, said to the Persian king Cambyses.

It doesnt matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

Anne Sexton (1928-1974), U.S. poet. The Poets Story,"A Small Journal" (ed. by

Howard Moss, 1974), entry for 1 Jan. 1972.