His father and mother were very affectionate and I was closely associated with his family. |
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She was still affectionate towards the family, but she didn't warm up to people as easily as she once had. |
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Most of the senior figures in government viewed him with affectionate amusement, and occasionally mild annoyance because of his volubility. |
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They are affectionate and uninhibited and their lifelong devotion to each other is touching. |
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I tell you, I would be putty in your hands if you were to be affectionate to me. |
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Duncan, a precocious, affectionate child, had failed to live up to his academic potential, and had become withdrawn and uncommunicative. |
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He was genuinely charming, being boisterously affectionate, having a desperate desire to please, and taking a real interest in other people. |
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He's usually got a piece of arm candy shooting him affectionate looks and simpering about how gorgeous he is. |
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Once there he would preen himself and settle down quite quietly, giving my hair an affectionate tweak from time to time. |
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Generous and warm-hearted you like to shower your loved one with affection and are very demonstrative and affectionate. |
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With an affectionate and admiring smile on his own face, he has written an unaffected biography of an unaffected great man. |
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The beautiful and affectionate Birman cat is most commonly available in the seal point and blue point colors. |
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Giving his shoulder an affectionate squeeze, I walked into the bathroom, and looked at myself in the mirror. |
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Their immaculate feathers impervious to sleet and rain, a pair of white-capped albatross engage in affectionate courtship rituals. |
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In private the couple is openly affectionate, but when he tries to embrace her in public, she often turns to the side and they bump noses. |
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Raindrops trickle down his face with the affectionate tranquility of milk on an oilcloth. |
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We need to make that point-in a warm and affectionate way, and in their language and idiom. |
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From what I've read, both male and female Burmese of the traditional type are very affectionate, talkative and cuddly cats. |
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My voice was so low and breathy it sounded more affectionate than was meant. |
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His drag of the paintbrush across the canvas inspires other human feelings, like an affectionate touch. |
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A sweet, tender, loving, affectionate, beautiful woman who pursued ME, and I still found a way to foul it up and lose her. |
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Duncan placed an affectionate kiss on her forehead which she didn't react to. |
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The violinist expresses his admiration for the elder musician with an affectionate gush of gratitude. |
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She may like to deny it but she is vulnerable and can be tender and affectionate. |
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At the prompting of their stern but affectionate father, the boys manage to make peace with their new schoolmates. |
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The Yorks were a close-knit and affectionate family and the princess had a secure and uncomplicated childhood. |
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You saw for the first time this evening that the Prince of Wales referred to his mother in a very affectionate way. |
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I come from a very loving and affectionate family where hugs and kisses are given all the time. |
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You're better off learning how to become an attentive, affectionate and skilled lover. |
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Because of their affectionate and sensitive nature they are used for riding and companionship programmes. |
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It only takes one or two treatments and they resume a gentle, affectionate interest in their family. |
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Now, you might have a look and decide that it's simply in your nature to need a more affectionate and attentive man. |
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Although affectionate and loyal by nature, this combination can be aggressive in relationships. |
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He has many close friends and admirers and has proved himself to be a loving and affectionate father. |
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However, the breed has a basic gentle and affectionate nature, and is really a loving animal. |
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His kisses were lingering and affectionate, making my heart pound for a moment. |
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Suddenly someone pushed a cookie into my mouth, and then bombarded me with affectionate hugs and kisses. |
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Here, in my home, we are open and affectionate and treat each other with care and respect. |
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Wanting the approval and affection of her teacher, she is baffled by his alternately affectionate and rebarbative behaviour. |
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Even in the most affectionate representations, he must be reformed and reclaimed by society and domesticity by play's end. |
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As a manager he was belligerent, tyrannical, wisecracking, but always affectionate. |
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One of the main problems is that owners are too affectionate with their dogs when they return from work. |
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He has affectionate memories of those days and the roistering workers who got drunk on Saturday nights. |
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Harper held her daughter's coat out for her with an affectionate smile, patiently helping her find the armholes. |
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I've always longed for a sweet and affectionate, yet unbelievably cool, nickname. |
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In his most famous stage work, he took a ruefully affectionate voyage around his father. |
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Focus on peoples' loyal, affectionate qualities rather than their tactless, inconsiderate ones. |
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I regret that I was not more tender or affectionate with Edward during the last few weeks of his life. |
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The popular children's story is about an affectionate, sometimes bashful pig named Wilbur who befriends a spider named Charlotte. |
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When I am done, she breaks into a smile so toothlessly wide, so charmingly affectionate, that I feel I might easily dissolve into it. |
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The white and tortoiseshell cat is very affectionate, but repeatedly ignored because of her age. |
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At home, his bond with his stepfather contributed to his benign and affectionate feelings toward men. |
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My uncle was a gruff but affectionate character who wore a beret, blue coveralls and smoked hand-rolled cigarettes. |
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Jeremy's hand gripped my shoulder, restraint disguised as an affectionate squeeze. |
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Arrived home to find an affectionate kitty sitting on the bottom stair and a small pile of cat sick on the kitchen floor. |
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That's the affectionate nickname for the hearty folks who will be on the pier on the coldest, most bone-chilling day of winter. |
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He advocated that literature should record the writer's affectionate response to ordinary phenomena and commonplace happenings. |
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Jasmine, who is a bit more affectionate with her father, turns to Kenyatta and slaps him a high five before walking out the house. |
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He's being fatherly and affectionate, and I can tell she's soaking it up, so I won't join them. |
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From his very first words, Victor claims to have been born to two indefatigably affectionate parents in an environment of abundant knowledge. |
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You can see people being more affectionate with their children and personally more communicative. |
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We would like to repeat the ancient invitation of giving an affectionate welcome so it becomes, for many, a pleasant consuetude. |
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The film is an affectionate portrait of his uncle and offers extensive access to its subject. |
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This saucy, stylish, frolicsomely funny show is an affectionate spoof of the golden age of the silver screen. |
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She's not an overtly affectionate cat and when she cuddles me in bed, I always feel loved. |
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She is inclined to wrap her flippers around their legs and give them an affectionate cuddle. |
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This wasn't just polite applause, rather it was an affectionate, full-throated cheer, lasting for a good 30 seconds. |
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In that time, Spike, the lovely and affectionate furball, has been wonderful. |
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Each of the girls was dating one of the guys, and Gideon watched as they each rushed to their lovers and tried to be affectionate. |
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Douglas is a very affectionate cat now and despite his suffering still sees humans as his friends. |
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Fergus is an affectionate, bossy and extremely stubborn cat, but he's also the most doglike cat I've ever known. |
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For example, I would love to be able to be more affectionate and tactile with people, but I feel really funny about hugging and kissing my friends. |
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His father and mother were very affectionate and I was fond of his family. |
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Most of their affectionate banter borders on the painful humiliating putdown, with Jamie loving to imitate Paul's manic mannerisms behind his back. |
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Although most of us would never touch a child improperly, we must be careful about affectionate hugs or even touching hands or arms without permission. |
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Throughout his life he had affectionate and devoted friends. |
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They were lovely people, but not affectionate like Lou's family. |
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To be honest, I like the Heath who was caring, affectionate and down to earth, more than the Heath who was pimping practically every girl he came across. |
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One person's affectionate pat is another's lascivious fondle. |
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The sentence is said in a soft, quiet, affectionate sort of way. |
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And yet every tale is delivered with a forgiving chuckle, every outrage defused by the affectionate admiration that Davis couldn't help inspiring in his victims. |
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The gifts range from affectionate croquis to entire sketchbooks. |
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He was a beautiful child, sweet natured, affectionate, with cocoa-colored skin and a thousand-watt smile. |
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I get the benefit of 50 years-worth of television that people are affectionate about. |
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He was a little child then and was always so easy to take care of with his easy-going and affectionate nature. |
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With an affectionate gaze at his sober colleague, the prudent maidservant removes the wine-bottle, while a trumpeter at the door satirically sounds the reveille. |
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He is very affectionate and loves to give and receive cuddles. |
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It conveys pathos, asperity or affectionate irony, rather as if one were in the presence of a relative from whom little is hid and to whom little need to be explained. |
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An almost too perfect example of this anti-visual romance plot is that the first affectionate encounter between Lucy and Paul occurs when she breaks his precious lunettes. |
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He is a very affectionate little boy who loves lots of kisses and cuddles. |
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Otherwise why would Moin Khan, the wicket-keeper batsman of tigerish resolve on the cricket field, greet you with a warm, affectionate hug every time you met him? |
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She also wrote an affectionate memoir of her work with Strauss. |
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I gave Michael's ear an affectionate last tweak before releasing it. |
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Don't be surprised if not long from now another group of gagmen finds success by poking affectionate fun at spiky hair, nasal vocals and high-speed songs about breaking up. |
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The Bernese is loyal and affectionate with both people and other animals. |
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The six-year-old short-haired tabby is a nervous cat with a tendency to spray, but with the right home and lots of attention, she can be very affectionate. |
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It zips like all comedies seem to zip today, quick and nimble, its tone affectionate snark. |
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The traveller up-ended his bluey against his knee, gave it an affectionate pat, and then straightened himself up and looked fixedly at the cabman. |
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Jack, an affectionate, boisterous lad, lives in another world. |
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In this case, it is the story of a heroic time told by a quite unheroic, irritable, meticulous, but affectionate and completely determined human being. |
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Conversely, my husband has formed affectionate bonds with my family. |
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The language, the violence, the unapologetic maleness of gangland bonding mixes the excesses of laddish culture with an affectionate tribute to Kray Brothers brutalism. |
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He gave her an affectionate squeeze, and that was all that was needed. |
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Pheonix leaned his muzzle close to her face and rubbed his warm but wet nose against her cheek, giving off a sound close to a purr, but possibly it was an affectionate growl. |
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Relationships between same-sex friends and family members are characterized by a high degree of intimacy, body contact and the use of affectionate diminutives. |
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If an evangelist should preach the gospel lacking in the affectionate qualities and energies generated by those truths, he has in reality States and Canada. |
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Huskies, on the other hand, are very devoted and affectionate. |
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There was a mood of sombre but affectionate reflection at Easter Sunday services as churchgoers mourned Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother who had died the previous day. |
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He was a man of marked dignity of character and most affectionate nature. |
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Mr. Doyle, an only son, grew up with the undivided attention of affectionate parents and two doting sisters. |
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The puppy was an affectionate nuzzler, which was unfortunate as I was wearing a black suit. |
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His affectionate disposition and genial manners made him much loved and held in warm regard by many of his contemporaries. |
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He was close to his sister, and on affectionate but more distant terms with his surviving brothers. |
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I recommend his case to your favour, the more because I ever found him very affectionate and a zealous wellwiller to the public cause. |
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Hell, it was only eight hours since he'd been kissing her goodnight, all afterglowy and affectionate. |
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Tame badgers can be affectionate pets, and can be trained to come to their owners when their names are called. |
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It's called the love drug because it opens up the capacity to feel loving and affectionate and trusting. |
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He routinely introduced her as his mother, referred to her as such in letters, and developed a deeply affectionate friendship with her. |
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He wrote in dignified and affectionate terms, assuring Manuel of his loyalty. |
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A penchant for hugs and kisses make this declawed cat uniquely affectionate. |
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There was never a more affectionate dog, or one who looked sillier having the zoomies. |
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She's determined not to be a lap cat. She's very affectionate in her own way, but she will not sit in my lap. |
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I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all, I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant. |
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As the camera is allowed in to Alan's life to show how he gets by, it turms out he is very sensitive, eager to please and affectionate. |
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Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance. |
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In this year he developed an affectionate friendship with Aglaia Coronie, the daughter of wealthy Greek refugees, although there is no evidence that they had an affair. |
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His father was affectionate towards him but was, by all accounts, a quiet man who was at his most comfortable fading into the background as an unobtrusive presence. |
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Their entire book is an affectionate tribute to a simpler era, pre-CNN and pre-Internet, when ringing bells on wire-service teletypes announced most breaking news. |
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Martin scorsese's untypical 3D children's film is, typically, a work at once both obsessive and affectionate, sweeping deep into a digital clockwork world. |
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Alcuin soon found himself on intimate terms with Charlemagne and the other men at court, where pupils and masters were known by affectionate and jesting nicknames. |
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While Ada and her husband Alisdair have had no sexual, nor even mildly affectionate, interaction, the lessons with Baines become a slow seduction for her affection. |
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She used illness as a means of securing the attention and obedience of her mild and affectionate husband and she dominated her son in the same way. |
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