He cared for her as a whole person rather than just a sex object.

他喜欢她整个人，而不是仅仅把她当作性对象。

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He cared for her more than she realized.

她不知道他是多么爱她。

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And that is the whole point of the play. I know he cared for her but he didn't take care of her.

那是剧本的所有意义所在，我知道他在意她，但是他并未照顾她。

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While she was at work, her husband cared for their toddler daughter, he said.

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"We as adults might think of this as a joke, but for the children who have cared for her it was a real shock, " he said.

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She wondered if she cared for him, if it mattered to her that tomorrow he would likely be gone for good, Shelly having obviously had enough of him.

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