This didn't actually translate to much – in my Dad's case, it meant that he had stopped calling me 'lardarse' and, in my mother's, that there was usually a mug of tea waiting for me when I came home.

这实际上并没有转化多少——在我父亲的情况下，这意味着他不再叫我“lardarse” ，而在我母亲的情况下，当我回家时通常会有一杯茶等着我。