staff, staffer, on the spot. beautician. avuncular

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Barely surviving, in 1932, she found temporary work with the Matisses, first as a studio assistant, then as a domestic help. Matisse's wife Amélie had become an invalid.^[3] It was three years before the painter asked her to sit for him.^[4] Lydia was 25, Matisse 65, and with Matisse having an avuncular attitude to the young woman, she wrote:

Gradually I began to adapt and feel less 'shackled,'... in the end, I even began to take an interest in his work.^[4]

beautician

a trained person whose job it is to improve the appearance of a customer's face, body, and hair, using make-up and beauty treatments, often in a beauty salon. 美容師；美容專家. 

on the spot

at that moment or place:

He was arrested on the spot.

Someone who is put on the spot is forced to do or say something the person would rather not do or say:

I’m not trying to put you on the spot, but could you explain why you did that?

They were all slain on the spot.
即座に皆殺しにされた.

(2) 現場で［に］.
(3) ((俗))困って, （生命の）危険にさらされて.
(4) ((略式))相手に期待される立場で, なんとかしなければならない立場に.
(5) 現物で［の］, 現金で［の］

on the spot payment
即金で.

put a person on the spot

（答えにくい質問を発して）〈人を〉困らせる；((米俗))殺すことに決める.

avuncular

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avun·​cu·​lar | \ ə-ˈvəŋ-kyə-lər  \

Definition of avuncular

1: suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or genialityavuncular indulgenceJovial and avuncular, the President's chief of staff seems oblivious to the pressures that accompany what is arguably the second most powerful job in the land.— Craig Unger

2: of or relating to an uncleTwo weeks of poker had led to his writing to his uncle a distressed, but confident, request for more funds; and the avuncular foot had come down with a joyous bang.— P. G. Wodehouse

Other Words from avuncular

avuncularity \ ə-​ˌvəŋ-​kyə-​ˈla-​rə-​tē  , -​ˈler-​ə-​ \ noun

avuncularly \ ə-​ˈvəŋ-​kyə-​lər-​lē  \ adverb

The Origin of Avuncular Is Familial

Not all uncles are likeable fellows (Hamlet's murderous Uncle Claudius, for example, isn't exactly Mr. Nice Guy in Shakespeare's tragedy), but "avuncular" reveals that, as a group, uncles are generally seen as affable and benevolent, if at times a bit patronizing. Avuncular derives from the Latin noun avunculus, which translates as "maternal uncle," but since at least the 1830s English speakers have used "avuncular" to refer to uncles from either side of the family or even to individuals who are simply uncle-like in character or behavior. And in case you were wondering, "avunculus" is also an ancestor of the word uncle itself.

 staff とは【意味】(組織の仕事をする)職員,部員... 

 staffer とは【意味】(新聞社の)従業員,新聞記者... 【例文】an operative who also serves as an official staffer