forestry

engagement in something

be engaged in, pursue, follow

many years

(used with negatives) for a long time

many years / a long lifespan

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

father / (by extension, figuratively) a father figure (male initiator or founder of something) / (Christianity) God, the Holy Father

(archaic) one's own father

(childish) one's own father: daddy / (by later extension) a husband, master of the house