The person officiating at the sacrificial rites was generally the male head of the household.

祭灶仪式通常由家中男性长辈主持。

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Now we wake up to find that not only the head of the household but the table itself has vanished.

现在我们突然醒来，发现不仅一家之主甚至连餐桌也消失得无影无踪。

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And while her mother might have been sympathetic she would never have stood up to the head of the household.

她母亲也许会有同情心的，可是她从来没有作过家里人的主。

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Mike Vincent is head of the rehabilitation center. He says people are donating clothing to the shop, but they are keeping expensive household goods.

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At the top of it is the head of the household, the man, the paterfamilias.

金字塔顶端是一家之主，男人，即家长。

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And the speakers are able, presumably, to pursue the audacious arguments that will appear in the rest of the book without the oversight of the head of the household, the embodiment of conventional opinion.

众人想必，因此可以放胆发言,如我们在往后对话中所见,而不必担心一家之长的监督，惯例见解的体现。

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They are their husband's "helpmeet", designed to support him as head of the household and primary breadwinner.

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"The head of the household came in, and she asked me if I like duck, " he recalls.

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The head of the household earnest, dashingly handsome Sir Hallam belongs to the latter group.

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